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The attached op-ed by Prof. Garrow argues against the non-competitiveness of most races for the House of Representatives and suggests (briefly) that judicial intervention may be desirable to require non-partisan redistricting. Sam Issacharoff makes a much
 more extended argument along these lines in an article to appear next month in the Harvard Law Review, with a response by Nate Persily.

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Ruining the House

November 13, 2002
By DAVID J. GARROW 




Judging from last week's elections, the House has become
uncompetitive, sclerotic and immune to change. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/13/opinion/13GARR.html?ex=1038203233&ei=1&en=89644931f35c4043



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