Posted on 10/21/2019 11:17:53 PM PDT by ransomnote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a challenge to Republican-drawn electoral districts in Michigan that Democrats said were illegally configured to dilute their voting power, an action taken in the aftermath of major rulings by the justices in June prohibiting federal courts from hearing such claims.
The Supreme Court’s action voided an order in April by a three-judge panel to rework 34 districts in the state legislature and U.S. House of Representatives whose boundaries were crafted purely to advantage Republicans, a practice known as partisan gerrymandering.
The justices had put the panel’s decision on hold before they issued their rulings in the two major gerrymandering cases from Maryland and North Carolina. In a blow to election reformers, the justices found that federal courts have no role to play in reining in electoral map manipulation by politicians aimed at entrenching one party in power.
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Funny how its called “gerrymandering” when Republicans do it, but when democractz do it, it goes by a more pleasant term such as “redistricting”
Lol, democractz, typo but kind of a funny term.
“ but when democractz do it, it goes by a more pleasant term such as “redistricting”
“Those who control language control minds.” Ayn Rand.
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Heh, heh, heh........
Lo and Behold! A rare morsel of ‘Good News’ for the GOP.
Would be nice to know how the voting went
Other articles have shown it was 5-4.
Elections have consequences. Redistributing is a political matter, not a judicial one.
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