 Supreme Court To Hear Major Wisconsin Gerrymandering CaseIn a case that could have far-reaching consequences on the outcome of future elections, the US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to rule on whether electoral maps that are deliberately drawn to favor a certain political party, a process also known as gerrymandering, are constitutionally acceptable.Last November, the state of Wisconsin appealed a lower court ruling that state Republican lawmakers violated the constitution when they created legislative districts that put Democrats at a disadvantage and now the Supreme Court is going to hear their case. The state s argument was that the recent Wisconsin election results favoring Republicans  is a reflection of Wisconsin s natural political geography  with Democrats concentrated in urban areas such as Milwaukee and Madison.A panel of federal judges in Madison ruled 2-1 that the state s Republican-led redrawing of legislative districts amounted to  an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander,  violating the US Constitution s guarantees of equal protection under the law and free speech by sabotaging Democratic voters  abilities to turn their votes into seats in Wisconsin s legislature.The Supreme Court has ruled state electoral maps invalid based on grounds of racial discrimination, such as it did with North Carolina on May 22, when the power of African-American voters was diminished statewide due to Republican legislators drawing two electoral districts. However, they ve been reluctant to throw out maps that give one party a distinct advantage over the other. Until now that is. Wisconsin s gerrymander was one of the most aggressive of the decade, locking in a large and implausibly stable majority for Republicans in what is otherwise a battleground state,  said redistricting expert Thomas Wolf of the Brennan Center.  It s a symptom of politics going haywire and something that we increasingly see when one party has sole control of the redistricting process. If the Supreme Court finds the state of Wisconsin at fault, it could affect congressional maps in about half a dozen states and legislative maps in about 10 states in the short term, but the long term effects are still unknown. State and federal legislative district boundaries are redrawn every decade to hold roughly the same number of people after each census, the next being in 2020.The original court ruling that the state is appealing ordered the redrawing of legislative boundaries to be in place by November 1, in time for the 2018 Wisconsin state election.Featured image via Alex Wong/Getty ImagesNews
supreme court to hear major wisconsin gerrymandering baseip case could consequences outcome future elections us supreme court agreed monday rule whether electoral maps deliberately drawn favor certain political party process also known gerrymandering constitutionally november state wisconsin appealed lower court ruling state republican lawmakers violated constitution created legislative districts put democrats disadvantage supreme court going hear case the state argument recent wisconsin election results favoring republicans reflection wisconsin natural political geography democrats concentrated urban areas milwaukee panel federal judges madison ruled state drawing legislative districts amounted unconstitutional partisan gerrymander violating us constitution guarantees equal protection law free speech sabotaging democratic voters abilities turn votes seats wisconsin supreme court ruled state electoral maps invalid based grounds racial discrimination north carolina may power voters diminished statewide due republican legislators drawing two electoral districts however reluctant throw maps give one party distinct advantage until wisconsin gerrymander one aggressive decade locking large implausible stable majority republicans otherwise battleground state said redistricting expert thomas wolf brennan center it symptom politics going haywire something increasingly see one party sole control redistricting process if supreme court finds state wisconsin fault could affect congressional maps half dozen states legislative maps states short term long term effects still unknown state federal legislative district boundaries redrawn every decade hold roughly number people census next original court ruling state appealing ordered drawing legislative boundaries place november time wisconsin state image via alex imagenes
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  Supreme Court To Hear Major Wisconsin Gerrymandering CaseIn a case that could have far-reaching consequences on the outcome of future elections, the US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to rule on whether electoral maps that are deliberately drawn to favor a certain political party, a process also known as gerrymandering, are constitutionally acceptable.Last November, the state of Wisconsin appealed a lower court ruling that state Republican lawmakers violated the constitution when they created legislative districts that put Democrats at a disadvantage and now the Supreme Court is going to hear their case. The state s argument was that the recent Wisconsin election results favoring Republicans  is a reflection of Wisconsin s natural political geography  with Democrats concentrated in urban areas such as Milwaukee and Madison.A panel of federal judges in Madison ruled 2-1 that the state s Republican-led redrawing of legislative districts amounted to  an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander,  violating the US Constitution s guarantees of equal protection under the law and free speech by sabotaging Democratic voters  abilities to turn their votes into seats in Wisconsin s legislature.The Supreme Court has ruled state electoral maps invalid based on grounds of racial discrimination, such as it did with North Carolina on May 22, when the power of African-American voters was diminished statewide due to Republican legislators drawing two electoral districts. However, they ve been reluctant to throw out maps that give one party a distinct advantage over the other. Until now that is. Wisconsin s gerrymander was one of the most aggressive of the decade, locking in a large and implausibly stable majority for Republicans in what is otherwise a battleground state,  said redistricting expert Thomas Wolf of the Brennan Center.  It s a symptom of politics going haywire and something that we increasingly see when one party has sole control of the redistricting process. If the Supreme Court finds the state of Wisconsin at fault, it could affect congressional maps in about half a dozen states and legislative maps in about 10 states in the short term, but the long term effects are still unknown. State and federal legislative district boundaries are redrawn every decade to hold roughly the same number of people after each census, the next being in 2020.The original court ruling that the state is appealing ordered the redrawing of legislative boundaries to be in place by November 1, in time for the 2018 Wisconsin state election.Featured image via Alex Wong/Getty ImagesNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: supreme court to hear major wisconsin gerrymandering baseip case could consequences outcome future elections us supreme court agreed monday rule whether electoral maps deliberately drawn favor certain political party process also known gerrymandering constitutionally november state wisconsin appealed lower court ruling state republican lawmakers violated constitution created legislative districts put democrats disadvantage supreme court going hear case the state argument recent wisconsin election results favoring republicans reflection wisconsin natural political geography democrats concentrated urban areas milwaukee panel federal judges madison ruled state drawing legislative districts amounted unconstitutional partisan gerrymander violating us constitution guarantees equal protection law free speech sabotaging democratic voters abilities turn votes seats wisconsin supreme court ruled state electoral maps invalid based grounds racial discrimination north carolina may power voters diminished statewide due republican legislators drawing two electoral districts however reluctant throw maps give one party distinct advantage until wisconsin gerrymander one aggressive decade locking large implausible stable majority republicans otherwise battleground state said redistricting expert thomas wolf brennan center it symptom politics going haywire something increasingly see one party sole control redistricting process if supreme court finds state wisconsin fault could affect congressional maps half dozen states legislative maps states short term long term effects still unknown state federal legislative district boundaries redrawn every decade hold roughly number people census next original court ruling state appealing ordered drawing legislative boundaries place november time wisconsin state image via alex imagenes