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Court issues opinions in 2 cases Map of Missouri congressional districts Photo by: Associated Press Who will represent Missouri's 4th Congressional District following Missouri First maps being signed into law. By: Addi Weakley Posted 26 minutes ago and last updated 13 minutes ago KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court issued opinions Tuesday in two cases concerning the state’s latest redistricting map.
Both opinions found the map meets constitutional requirements. As it is already in effect, it will stay in effect.
"Today's Missouri Supreme Court rulings are a huge victory for voters," Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a statement. "Missourians are more alike than we are different, and our Missouri values — rooted in common sense, hard work, and personal responsibility — are stronger and far more aligned across both sides of the aisle than the extreme left-wing agendas pushed in states like New York, California, and Illinois. The Missouri First Map ensures those values are represented fairly and accurately at every level of government. This August, Missouri voters will head to the ballot box to vote for candidates in these newly drawn districts."
The opinion in Elizabeth Healey, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al. stated residents failed to meet the burden required by Missouri law to demonstrate the map was unconstitutional.
This case raised an issue with Article III, Section 45 of the Missouri Constitution, which states that districts “shall be comprised of contiguous territory as compact and as nearly equal in population as may be.” But the court found the concerned residents were unable to prove the “legislature improperly deviated from the directives of article III, section 45.”
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Let’s keep it going and get some true Republicans in there. No more RINOs.
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Today’s rulings are a complete victory for Missouri and for the people’s elected representatives. The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the Missouri FIRST Map and has ruled that the map did not violate constitutional compactness requirements. Additionally, the Court affirmed that unverified referendum petitions do not freeze duly enacted state laws.
Thanks to the hard work of our legal team, the Missouri FIRST Map stands, the rule of law is vindicated, and Missouri voters can have confidence that their legislature’s work has been upheld.
we should have done this decades ago. Most of the Northeastern states have been gerrymandered to favor Democrats for decades and many southern states were forced to do the same by unconstitutional court rulings.
That’s the closest to a neutral grid design I’ve seen so far.
As a lifelong MA resident, I’m not sure that I have ever had political representation. More than 40% of this Liberal state votes Republican. Yet we have virtually no elected Republicans at any meaningful level. We do get the occasional Governor Mitt Romney, but that says more about Mitt than anything else (and has nothing to do with gerrymandered districts). And for those who do not know — gerrymandering was literally invented in MA.
we should have done this decades ago
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This probably wasn’t nationally possible until we had the major FAFO stolen election 2020.
It outed an entire system that was as rigged and crooked as that election.
The mandate to obliterate and drain that kind of system wasn’t there then.
It is there now because of what’s happened to Trump.
Republican party didn’t care decades ago.
It’s being forced to care from the Oval Office these days.
That is called Leadership from the top. With a capital "L".
Depending on the shape of the state...Florida by latitudes...States like Tennessee by longitudes
Yup.
W.I.N.N.I.N.G!
They always have basketball
I can tell just by looking at it that it grossly disenfranchises persons of color and non-binary people. As well as un-housed and neurodivergent citizens.
Me too.
Same in Illinois although it was better before one-party rule. The last Republican Governor (Rauner) was totally useless and the only decent one (Jim Edgar) was basically a Mitt Romney.
Now the Dems are covering their butts and are nervous because of the Scotus decision but it’ll take legal action to force any kind of change. The Dems were planning to amend the state constitution to protect their (i.e the state legislatures) right to control redistricting vs. an independent and fair commission, but after the decision they’ve put that on hold pending legal review. Small progress but at least it’s something. It’s bad enough that their supermajorities gerrymander the hell out of the state, but to enshrine that ability in the state constitution is just evil and wrong.
I would bet that “legal review” translates to “Is there any way we can make this NOT look like it’s gerrymandered according to race?”
They split Boone County (a blue county because of the University of Missouri and just general whackoism) where I live right in half...LOL. I’d never even looked at the new maps. I’m actually not sure if I am in 3 or 5. I’ll have to figure it out.
An alternate plan is to toss out districts and assign representatives by county. Not only will that stop this gerrymandering nonsense (splitting counties won’t make the locals happy, but maybe LA County could use a little carving up—might be some red sections in there somewhere) but it will also drive Democrats bonkers, considering that there are more red counties than blue ones, and who doesn’t want to see that? :D
I know, I know, an absurd and barely thought through notion, but wasn’t it fun to think about just for a moment?
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