Elections matter
Well, 35 certainly looks gerrymandered to keep a democrat, but 27? Not so much, IMHO
More winning. SC makeup is the (only?) reason lots of folks voted for Trump. It was right up there on my list.
Thanks for posting. I hope Wisconsin gets a similar ruling. Arnold Schwartzenegger, of all people, doesn’t like the way Wisconsin districts are drawn and thinks they should be redone. May I point out that Ahnold doesn’t live in Wisconsin.
I seriously need to move to Texas...
Don’t forget the never trumpers wanted a liberal Supreme Court.
Recall that the District Court drew the map that it determined was unconstitutional. After finding that the map drawn by the legislature was flawed, the District Court forced Texas to use a map drawn the judges. The Texas legislature said fine, we’ll use your map. The District Court said that the legislature’s adoption of the District Court’s map was racist. No joke.
This was the correct decision.
Otherwise, they would have to invalidate all the districts in the U.S. since they all have been drawn to benefit the party in power at the time.
Well that’s the way it is and another big win for the good guys.
Credit where credit is due...thanks, Mitch, for slow walking the Garland Supreme Court nomination until 2017.
On most other issues, Meh
When the rule of law prevails 5-4, they are "ideologically divided". When judicial activism prevails 5-4, the answer becomes "the settled law of the land". The bias from propaganda outlets like Reuters is staggering.
The Democratic position on redistricting is essentially that “democratic” is effectively a proxy for “black” or “Hispanic,” so that anything that disadvantages democrats is racially discriminatory. The implication of this is that Democrats demand pro-Democratic gerrymandering as a constitutional necessity.
Yep - if it isn’t rigged as an advantage to Blacks and other minorities, it is obviously biased against them....until a rare bit of common sense is victorious.