Fri May 24, 2019, 03:08 PM
Eugene (50,625 posts)
U.S. Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Ohio, Michigan electoral maps
LBN thread: U.S. Supreme Court grants Ohio's request to delay new map in gerrymandering case
______________________________________________________________________ Source: Reuters SUPREME COURT MAY 24, 2019 / 3:00 PM / UPDATED 15 MINUTES AGO
U.S. Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Ohio, Michigan electoral maps Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley 4 MIN READ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Friday blocked lower court rulings ordering Republican legislators in Michigan and Ohio to redraw U.S. congressional maps ahead of the 2020 elections, dealing a blow to Democrats who had argued that the electoral districts were intended to unlawfully diminish their political clout. The justices granted requests from Republican lawmakers in both states to put those decisions on hold, halting further action in the cases and the need to rework electoral district boundaries. The justices did not provide any explanation for their brief orders. The lower courts found that the electoral maps in the two states had been drawn to entrench Republicans in power by manipulating boundaries in a way that reduced the voting clout of Democrats - a practice known as partisan gerrymandering - in violation of the U.S. Constitution. While both disputes involve U.S. House of Representatives districts in the two states, the Michigan case challenges districts in the state legislature as well. The decisions in Michigan and Ohio that were put on hold by the justices were the latest rulings by federal courts determining that electoral maps designed by a state’s majority party unconstitutionally undermined the rights of voters who tend to support the other party. -snip- Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-gerrymandering/u-s-supreme-court-blocks-redrawing-of-ohio-michigan-electoral-maps-idUSKCN1SU292
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Response to Eugene (Original post)
Fri May 24, 2019, 03:12 PM
elleng (103,752 posts)
1. 'The justices granted requests from Republican lawmakers in both states to put those decisions on
hold.'
Temporary, Procedural decision. |
Response to Eugene (Original post)
Fri May 24, 2019, 03:13 PM
UncleTomsEvilBrother (811 posts)
2. I always wonder...
...why these stories don't always post how each Justice voted. I mean, the headlines politicize everything else. Why don't they show how the individual Justices vote? They have no problem at all writing, "Trump reverses an Obama-era policy," making sure to keep the headline as political as possible.
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