Missouri Supreme Court upholds Kansas City's gerrymandered map in win for Trump.

[RandySF]

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state’s gerrymandered congressional map in a pair of landmark rulings that ease a path for Republicans to unseat Kansas City’s longtime Democratic congressman.

The first unanimous ruling found that the map itself, which carves up Kansas City, was legal and did not violate the state constitution. The second ruling, which was also unanimous, found that the map was not currently blocked even though a campaign turned in signatures to force a statewide vote on it.

Together, the two rulings mean that, as of now, the map will be in effect for the upcoming August primaries and the Nov. 3 election. The decisions handed a major win to President Donald Trump, who leaned on Missouri Republicans to redraw the map amid a nationwide redistricting fight over U.S. House seats.

The lightning-fast rulings came just hours after oral arguments in a trio of cases over the map. In court Tuesday morning, attorneys for the ACLU of Missouri and the National Redistricting Foundation urged the state’s seven Surpreme Court judges to block or strike down the map.




https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article315730999.html#storylink=cpy

[Bettie]

1. Because of course they did

I am so freaking tired of these right wing tools.

[hatrack]

2. "Because the law and Constitution are whatever we say they are, so fuck you, libtards!"

"And if we say something totally different tomorrow, then fuck you libtards some more!!"

[Bettie]

3. And if you try to do the shit that we did

well, it will be against the law, because we said so!

Endlessly frustrating.

[hatrack]

4. And since State Supreme Court justices face rotating retention votes every two years . . .

We all know what to do next.

Fuck these clowns.