The gerrymandered maps headed to the Supreme Court

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Maryland and North Carolina may have unconstitutional congressional maps – here’s what they look like

District to the North, adding a swatch of rural, Republican-leaning voters back into the district, and redraws the 8District to create a newly compact district containing the Democratic-leaning voters of the northwest D.C. suburbs.

“I propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats,” said Republican state Rep., who led the redistricting effort, “because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats.” However, in January 2018, a federal district court struck down the new map as well, ruling that it was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. A court order to redraw the districts again was stayed pending a review of the case by the Supreme Court.

 

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Any bets? SCOTUS will say it’s none of their business. Yet, regulating a woman’s body is apparently their business.

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Supreme Court to hear gerrymandering cases against Democrats, RepublicansWhen state legislatures draw the boundary lines for voting districts, the majority party typically comes up with a map designed to keep itself in power. But can that become so blatantly political that it violates the Constitution? Can fake investigations be so blatantly political that is breaks the law? In California one-party system uses underhanded techniques to shift election results. They trick independent voters to sign under the AIP (a different party), harvest ballots, unilaterally change words on approved citizen initiatives to load questions... to name several. Tyranny When Republicans do it, the Left calls it ‘gerrymandering’. But when the Democrats do exactly the same, the Left instead call it “Redistricting”.
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