Posted on 03/25/2015 3:19:02 PM PDT by SMGFan
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with black and Democratic lawmakers in Alabama who said the State Legislature had relied too heavily on race in its 2012 state redistricting by maintaining high concentrations of black voters in some districts.
The vote was 5 to 4, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joining the court’s four more liberal members to form a majority.
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Men in Black.
“who said the State Legislature had relied too heavily on race in its 2012 state redistricting by maintaining high concentrations of black voters in some districts. “
I thought black politicians want that.
ok then spread them out among all the districts and they will have NO representation!
Seems to be you can’t win!
group them together so they can elect one of their own to represent them... NO FAIR!
spread them out so they can never have a reasonable chance of electing one of their own... NO FAIR!
sorry, but you can’t have it both ways!
What ever happened to being color blind?
USSC siding with racists? Where did we see that before . . . ?
then can this be applied against corrine brown in florida?
It’s strange.
The Party of Martin Luther King was the Republican Party.
So, when Republicans are in power, you’d think that getting an “R” elected would side with MLK’s stance.
Isn’t is strange that judges and liberals just assume that blacks will be Democrats?
What will be said if Rep Sewell loses her seat because of a diminished number of minority voters in her district.
Let me see if I have redistricting straight.
1) Democrats win, they redistrict as they please.
2) Republicans win, redistricting is thrown out by judges, Democrats redistrict as they please.
Am I close?
Right on target!
Gerrymandering must be done under black-robe supervision or it is not “legal” gerrymandering.
1. Blacks raised holy hell because districts weren't black enough for them to elect a black politician. Therefore, preposterously gerrymandered districts were carved out to make sure blacks were elected. The side effect was that democrats lost seats because a core constituency was concentrated.
2. What might happen now is the black vote will be diluted and the democrats might get more democrats elected. Except they won't be black democrats.
sorry, but it looks like you can!
A massive undertaking now needs to take place in Alabama. Tens of thousands of white conservatives now need to migrate to these newly mandated districts to vote. Or would that be called “unconstitutional” by traitor Kennedy?
Lame.
http://www.wral.com/supreme-court-orders-review-of-north-carolina-redistricting/14593190/
#$%^ing faggots. Those NC maps are a gorgeous work of art!
And now Virginia! Cut it out you black robbed pieces of shite!
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