Friday, 21 April 2017

‘Pivotal Moment’ for Democrats? Gerrymandering Heads to Supreme Court

quote [ The hand-to-hand political combat in House elections on Tuesday in Georgia and last week in Kansas had the feel of the first rounds of an epic battle next year for control of the House of Representatives and the direction of national politics as the Trump presidency unfolds.

But for all the zeal on the ground, none of it may matter as much as a case heading to the Supreme Court, one that could transform political maps from City Hall to Congress ]

To quote Joe Bidden...This is a BFD
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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 7:43pm GMT on 21st April
"but has never found a way to decide which ones cross the line."

Expect that to continue.


LurkerAtTheGate said @ 7:48pm GMT on 21st April
"but has never found a way to decide which ones cross the line."

Expect that to continue. This is the SCOTUS that keeps to the strict definition of 'corruption' as an explicit bribery. I'd be completely shocked if that nearly-same SCOTUS had any issue whatsoever with what qualifies currently as "legal gerrymandering."



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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 7:43pm GMT on 21st April
"but has never found a way to decide which ones cross the line."

Expect that to continue. This is the SCOTUS that keeps to the strict definition of 'corruption' as an explicit bribery. I'd be completely shocked if that nearly-same SCOTUS had any issue whatsoever with what qualifies currently as "legal gerrymandering."




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