sunday night, nobel prize-winning economist mohammed globaltalks about poverty, unemployment, and climate change. for the complete weekend thetv.org -- go to booktv.org. announcer: this week, the supreme court heard oral arguments in a case challenging partisan gerrymandering in wisconsin. a lower court ruled that the map drafted by states is unconstitutional. this oral argument, gill versus whitford -- gill v whitford, is one hour. >>

sunday night, nobel prize-winning economist mohammed globaltalks about poverty, unemployment, and climate change. for the complete weekend thetv.org -- go to booktv.org. announcer: this week, the supreme court heard oral arguments in a case challenging partisan gerrymandering in wisconsin. a lower court ruled that the map drafted by states is unconstitutional. this oral argument, gill versus whitford -- gill v whitford, is one hour. >> we will hear arguments this morning in case 161161, gill versus whitford. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. judiciously manageable standards for how politicians have acted too politically. andal science metrics hypothetical projections do not solve any of these problems. they were merely shifting districting the final courts who decided the fate of maps based upon panels of experts. on a threshold matter, this court should hold the courts jurisdiction to entertain statewide political gerrymandering challenges, leaving district specific gerrymandering. >> i think it is true there is no case that directly helps respondents strongly on the sta