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Both political and racial gerrymandering cases have raised difficulties for U.S. courts in identifying the standards that should be applied to determine whether a districting plan is constitutionally impermissible. Relevant questions have included whether there must be clear intent to discriminate against voters in the disadvantaged group, how extreme the resulting disparity in voting power must be, and what other goals districting plans resulting in unequal districts may validly serve.