Posted on 04/25/2019 3:55:32 PM PDT by SMGFan
A three-judge panel on Thursday ruled that Michigan must use new congressional and legislative maps in 2020, potentially setting up a more favorable battlefield for House Democrats, who flipped two seats in the state last fall.
The federal court invalidated portions of the existing maps, drawn by the GOP-controlled legislature in 2011, pointing to an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander that violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of voters.
The League of Women Voters and some Democrats had challenged the state’s 162 legislative and congressional districts, but the final suit only targeted 34 of those districts. Michigan has 14 congressional districts. The plaintiffs challenged the 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th congressional districts.
After the 2018 midterms, Democrats now hold five of those nine seats, and the full delegation is evenly split between the two parties, 7-7.
The court found that all nine of the challenged congressional districts are unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders “because they dilute the views of Democratic voters.” The court reached the same conclusion for seven state Senate districts and 11 state House districts.
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Well, MI is losing 1 or 2 seats in 2022!
2 Clinton and 1 Bush Sr judges.
Supreme Court to decide by June.
because they dilute the views of Democratic voters but it should dilute the views of GOP voters
Republicans need to sue in Democrat controlled states for gerrymandering. i am so fed up with judges throwing elections for the Left!!
await SCOTUS ruling.
GOP needs to keep control of the redistricting process
That is a transitive state that should have no legal bearing on anything.
-PJ
Appointed by the Mena bros?
Democrats gerrymandered the hell out of Illinois.
Of course.
Why doesn’t the gop go after Dem gerrymandering with as much gusto as Dems go after gop?
The SCOTUS won’t help!! They refused to hear the Pennsylvania case when the leftist actuvist PA Supreme Court clearly violated the state’s Constitution and drew up the district maps themselves just before the election.
2-to-1 Demonrat black robed tyrants try to steal more House seats in Michigan.
I love Trump but how are we winning again? It seems the Dem judges are allowed to block any and everything the conservative majority votes for and reorganize it so the minority is over represented, no republicans stand up for Trump or his agenda, they all roll over, Trumps justice dept isn’t going after anybody but his own people, where is majority voice in the Senate? All we hear about now is House this and House that and even on FR the headlines are all negative Trump/conservative movement seemingly all the time. Just aggravating.
They try, but when you got leftist Judges deciding, they will not win; Dems know this, so when that is why they fight and challenge any change in the mapping by Republicans.
How many states is this now? Are we Buttigeied? Does this all end up at the Supreme Court?
Thanks fieldmarshaldj.
Yep. Zen Master says MI GOP will appeal, USSC will issue a stay, then reverse, vacate & remand back to confirm w USSC’s ruling.
Thank the 17th Amendment.
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