Opponents of partisan gerrymandering speak out at a rally in Washington on Tuesday. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 26 at 3:05 PM The Supreme Court took up a question on Tuesday with profound implications for whether we have a democracy that runs on something resembling fair rules, and things look pretty shaky.
But once again, conservative justices, who make up the majority on the court, wondered how the judiciary should intervene in what is an inherently political process, and what standard would guide how to determine excess. But there is a difficult practical question: Even if almost anyone would look at North Carolina and Maryland and agree that their district maps are ridiculous, how can you determine where the line is between a permissible gerrymander and an impermissible one?
Justice Neil M. Gorsuch suggested that if there was a problem with extreme partisan gerrymandering, voters could take care of it, as they did in five states in the fall where citizen initiatives reigned in legislatures. Let me refer you to a case the court decided in 2015 called Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, before Gorsuch and Kavanaugh joined. By 5-4, that case upheld nonpartisan redistricting commissions established by voter initiative, of just the kind Gorsuch is referring to.
Come to California where literally anyone (legal or not) can vote. I’d be happy to discuss the absentee ballot abuses, ballot harvesting, registering illegal immigrants to vote..Then talk to me about gerrymandering
CaroleCasuco Of course
If Citizens United is any indication... yes.
We can't rely on SCOTUS to save us from everything. We have to win Democratic control of state legislatures and governorships in 2020 to end the gerrymandering and institute fair, non-partisan redistricting in all of the states.
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Oh yeah, Democrats never gerrymander.
Gerrymandering has been the norm for both sides for literally centuries.
Lol...as of gerrymandering is new, the domain of just one side, and possible to stop! It’s always existed, always will, and no such thing as non-partisan.
They approve of cheating to win for the GOP. GOPCorruption
Gerrymandering is the worst in California
Magic Eight Ball says: It is decidedly so.
Yes especially in the senate races according to Joy Behar
The Corporate Agent Faction of the Supreme Court has been waging war on the American People and democracy for a century, and have been doubling down on it at every turn. Americans must accept reality and defend ourselves or submit to the coprorate domination they bench legislate.
Here we go.
Democrats never did this.
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