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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 01:04 PM Feb 2020

Bad news: Supreme Court overturns Michigan partisan gerrymandering ruling

https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-overturns-michigan-partisan-100348161.html

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling that ordered Michigan politicians to return to the drawing board on voting maps. The Democratic voters who filed the lawsuit argued that the Republican-drawn voting maps would unduly weaken Democratic representation in the state.

The partisan gerrymandering ruling, which was handed down Monday, is the latest Supreme Court blow to redistricting reformers who advocate for fair voting districts that don't provide an advantage to any political party. In June, the justices ruled in cases involving Maryland and North Carolina that partisan gerrymandering is an issue for state, not federal, courts to police. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court threw out a similar case in Ohio.

The high court's ruling voids an April order by a three-judge panel for Michigan politicians to redraw 25 state legislative and nine U.S. House districts.


SCOTUS doesn’t care if it’s unfair, politically. They are not deeming that unconstitutional

Only won in NC as it was deemed to be racially discriminatory
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Bad news: Supreme Court overturns Michigan partisan gerrymandering ruling (Original Post) Roland99 Feb 2020 OP
We won in Maryland too jimfields33 Feb 2020 #1
That's what they're there for FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #2
How did we all miss this? Polybius Feb 2020 #3
This is why the dems need all three branches , to expand the supreme court to dilute con court packi Fullduplexxx Feb 2020 #4
NC was won in state court unc70 Feb 2020 #5
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