BREAKING:Justices uphold Arizona's system for redistricting

[candycorn]

In a bad week for the GOP, the Supreme Court may well have delivered an A-Bomb to the Republican party.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Arizona congressional districts drawn by an independent commission and rejected a constitutional challenge from Repulicans.

The 5-4 outcome preserves efforts in 13 states to limit partisan influence in redistricting. Most notably, California uses an independent commission to draw electoral boundaries for its largest-in-the-nation congressional delegation.

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Basically, it blows apart the idea that those who control the State Legislatures can draw whatever crazy congressional districts they want.

This is a Big Fucking Deal to quote the Vice President.

Finally some good news on this front. No political party should be able to gerrymander districts. NO party.

Gerrymandering reduces the effectiveness of individual votes and needs to be eliminated. And yes both parties have been guilty of this in the past. Republicans have taken it to whole new levels the past few years. Enough.

Stop both parties from doing this.

Totally agree.

 

[dcraelin]

In a bad week for the GOP, the Supreme Court may well have delivered an A-Bomb to the Republican party.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Arizona congressional districts drawn by an independent commission and rejected a constitutional challenge from Repulicans.

The 5-4 outcome preserves efforts in 13 states to limit partisan influence in redistricting. Most notably, California uses an independent commission to draw electoral boundaries for its largest-in-the-nation congressional delegation.

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Basically, it blows apart the idea that those who control the State Legislatures can draw whatever crazy congressional districts they want.

This is a Big Fucking Deal to quote the Vice President.

Finally some good news on this front. No political party should be able to gerrymander districts. NO party.

Gerrymandering reduces the effectiveness of individual votes and needs to be eliminated. And yes both parties have been guilty of this in the past. Republicans have taken it to whole new levels the past few years. Enough.

Stop both parties from doing this.

Totally agree.

and BTW this ruling basically puts the lie to the idea that we are "a Republic NOT a Democracy"