How do you think the SCOTUS will rule in the gerrymandering case?

I think Kennedy would be in favor of getting rid of gerrymandering if there was a clean way to do it and they has yet to be seen

A smart lawyer might ask SCOTUS why it is acceptable for blacks to segregate themselves, which obviously results in whites being segregated away from blacks, but whites doing so is held to be unconstitutional.

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It should be a independent council. If the SCOTUS does their job without political views gerrymandering will be gone by 2020.

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You don't think these independent councils are highly politicized?

Alaska

Name: Redistricting Board

Selection Requirements: Governor appoints two; then president of the Senate appoints one; then speaker of the House appoints one; then chief justice of the Supreme Court appoints one. At least one member must be a resident of each judicial district. No member may be a public employee or official.

Arizona

Name: Independent Redistricting Commission

Selection Requirements: The commission on appellate court appointees creates a pool of 25 nominees, ten from each of the two largest parties and five not from either of the two largest parties. The highest ranking officer of the house appoints one from the pool, then the minority leader of the house appoints one, then the highest ranking officer of the senate appoints one, then the minority leader of the senate appoints one. These four appoint a fifth from the pool, not a member of any party already represented on the commission, as chair. If the four deadlock, the commission on appellate court appointments appoints the chair.

Arkansas

Name: Board of Apportionment

Selection Requirements: Commission consists of the governor, secretary of state, and the attorney general

California

Name: Citizen’s Redistricting Commission

Selection Requirements: With the Passage of Proposition 11 in 2008, the process of redrawing California's state legislative districts was removed from state legislative authority and given to a newly established 14 member commission. The commission must include 5 Democrats, 5 Republicans, and 4 members from neither party. Government auditors are to select 60 registered voters from an applicant pool. Legislative leaders can reduce the pool; the auditors then are to pick eight commission members by lottery, and those commissioners pick six additional members for 14 total. For approval district boundaries need votes from three Democratic commissioners, three Republican commissioners, and three commissioners from neither party.

ETC ETC ETC

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So there's no racial element AT ALL with the Wisconsin case?

Totally wrong!

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Judge Ripple did not ground his opinion in the efficiency gap, relying instead on a more conventional legal test that considered discriminatory intent, the map’s partisan effects and whether they were justified by other reasons. But Judge Ripple did say that the efficiency gap corroborated the majority’s conclusions.

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From my understanding(which I admit may be off base) it has more to do with the districts being drawn in a heavily partisan manner.

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Which will devolve into the race card. I'm not Nostradamus or anything, but the race card will get pulled when everything else fails.

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District lines can't be drawn to favor one party over the other,

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well that's the issue

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Hey, you never responded to my question in the "Ossof can't vote for himself" thread. Would you like to coordinate a congressional campaign to split votes in the 2nd district and force Richmond into a runoff?