Monday, Oct. 2, 2017

The Daily

• Episode: Monday, Oct. 2, 2017
• Website: The Daily
• Feed URL: http://rss.art19.com/the-daily
• Duration: 00:22:30
• Published: 2017-10-02 11:48

Across the United States, the case could be made that American voters are not choosing their representatives so much as representatives are choosing their voters. As the Supreme Court opens a new session, it turns to a question that, until now, it had been unwilling to resolve: Does drawing the perfect election district violate the Constitution? Guest: Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and Dale Schultz, a former state senator in Wisconsin. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

This episode was updated at 11 a.m. EST.