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In reply to the discussion: Breaking news: The Supreme Court DENIED a request for a stay in PA partisan gerrymandering case [View all]haele
(12,652 posts)36. Alito is a literalist/states rights type of guy - that is...
Unless the Justice or Commerce departments are involved.
Which can occasionally work for the common good, as much as he's a selfishly elitist Federalist d**k.
This was a cut and dry statutory law situation, not one of those touchey-feely "civil rights" law situations. There's no competing interests involved that could be unduly harmed - so the GOP is going to have to go back to the fallback of voter suppression.
It would do more harm to the power of the Supreme Court if he did get involved, and he's at least smart enough to figure that out.
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Breaking news: The Supreme Court DENIED a request for a stay in PA partisan gerrymandering case [View all]
kpete
Feb 2018
OP
their next argument: "can we have until december? we're having a tough time finding a pencil."
unblock
Feb 2018
#4
Because PA case was argued strictly on PA State constitution,makes it outside jurisdiction of SCOTUS
scheming daemons
Feb 2018
#21
The republicans are so bent they will never be able to draw a straight down the line map.
Mr. Sparkle
Feb 2018
#24