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SCOTUS steps in and halts drawing of new congressional maps in Michigan, Ohio
Posted on 5/24/19 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 5:20 pm
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The Supreme Court on Friday halted two lower-court rulings that struck down congressional maps in Ohio and Michigan as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders and ordered the drawing of new congressional maps before the 2020 elections.
Republican lawmakers in both states asked the high court to put their respective lower-court rulings on hold. The Supreme Court granted those requests, with no noted dissents.
The maps in Michigan and Ohio had been struck down by two different federal courts as partisan gerrymanders that violated the Constitution. The federal court in Ohio invalidated the state’s congressional map, under which Republicans held 12 of the state’s 16 congressional seats, in a ruling this month. The court in Michigan, meanwhile, ruled last month the state’s redistricting plan crafted by the GOP-controlled legislature was an “extremely grave” violation of the Constitution.
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Posted on 5/24/19 at 5:29 pm to Jjdoc
Old news baw
Posted on 5/24/19 at 5:41 pm to Jjdoc
I've seen much worse.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:28 pm to Bard
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I've seen much worse
Hell - thats damned near unassailable - how can that be labelled gerrymandering???
Are they basing the "gerrymandering" on the basis of the voter outcomes??
This post was edited on 5/24/19 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:34 pm to ChineseBandit58
Good. Gerrymandering is as American as it comes. Especially in today's age where state power has been neutered, if you want to control congressional districts win your local and state elections.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 7:35 pm to MFn GIMP
I just love the irony of the Dems bitching and moaning about gerrymandering. 
Posted on 5/24/19 at 9:40 pm to Bard
Ohio’s looks very normal. House districts benefit the GOP in those states because it’s a lot of rural and small towns and Dems are all concentrated in tight areas of a city.
Dems would do better in southern states if they didn’t create minority majority districts and drew them out to be more 50-50 white black. But they want black reps and not white Dems. So they draw districts with 90% black voters instead of mixing those voters in two purple districts with some white suburban moderates
Dems would do better in southern states if they didn’t create minority majority districts and drew them out to be more 50-50 white black. But they want black reps and not white Dems. So they draw districts with 90% black voters instead of mixing those voters in two purple districts with some white suburban moderates
Posted on 5/24/19 at 10:27 pm to Jjdoc
Another win for the good guys.
Thanks for the conservative Supreme Court President Trump!
Thanks for the conservative Supreme Court President Trump!
Posted on 5/24/19 at 10:31 pm to Uncle Don
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Old news baw
you sure about that?
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by Melissa Quinn
| May 24, 2019 03:36 PM
Posted on 5/25/19 at 8:06 am to deltaland
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Dems would do better in southern states if they didn’t create minority majority districts and drew them out to be more 50-50 white black. But they want black reps and not white Dems. So they draw districts with 90% black voters instead of mixing those voters in two purple districts with some white suburban moderates
That would mean Democrats would have to run on content other than identity politics and class warfare.
Posted on 5/25/19 at 8:54 am to Bard
quote:That's the proposed map. This is the Republican one:
I've seen much worse.
Posted on 5/25/19 at 9:19 am to Jjdoc
I’ve never heard about partisan gerrymandering being unconstitutional before. Only racial gerrymandering is supposed to be unconstitutional.
Posted on 5/25/19 at 10:13 am to Jjdoc
What about Wisconsin, didn't the dems get their fake panels to declare gerrymandering for dems in this State as well?
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