likely to bemore in favor of staffing and conservatives less likely. hey were unanimous on the vote to send this wisconsin case back and overturn the ruling that said the districts drawn by republicans or thrown out. the same thing in the maryland case. there were different opinions the justices wrote and the liberal justices did write their opinion with a made it clear they are more sympathetic to this issue. the question is whether they can get justice kennedy to go along with them. host: it is always hard to see how the justices will react. when the arguments took place for this case, did you get a sense this might be the result? >> it looked like it was a close thing. justice kennedy did not really tip his hand one way or another. with the maryland case it was very clear they were reluctant to delve in. host: with the north carolina case you mentioned, can you set up the contours of that state's dilemma and how it leads to the larger issue of gerrymandering? more: north carolina is interesting because it is districts drawn by republicans that have

likely to bemore in favor of staffing and conservatives less likely. were unanimous on the vote to send this wisconsin case back and overturn the ruling that said the districts drawn by republicans or thrown out. the same thing in the maryland case. there were different opinions the justices wrote and the liberal justices did write their opinion with a made it clear they are more sympathetic to this issue. the question is whether they can get justice kennedy to go along with them. host: it is always hard to see how the justices will react. when the arguments took place for this case, did you get a sense this might be the result? >> it looked like it was a close thing. justice kennedy did not really tip his hand one way or another. with the maryland case it was very clear they were reluctant to delve in. host: with the north carolina case you mentioned, can you set up the contours of that state's dilemma and how it leads to the larger issue of gerrymandering? more: north carolina is interesting because it is districts drawn by republicans that have been