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73. Feds can order states

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #70)

Tue Nov 13, 2018, 10:05 PM

Nov 2018

to stop racial gerrymandering but SCOTUS not yet ruled on whether they can for mere partisan gerrymandering.

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Rep Adam Schiff "First order of business for the new session? Doing away with the gerrymander" [View all] Bfd Nov 2018 OP

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2018 #1

Pennsylvania is the perfect example of how getting rid of gerrymandering makes things fair. Vinca Nov 2018 #2

Yes absolutely! FakeNoose Nov 2018 #41

Only the PA state GOP leaders hate the new map DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #45

But the Pennsylvania state-level House and Senate districts are still gerrymandered meow2u3 Nov 2018 #57

YES Please!!! Texas especially needs help with this! Dem_4_Life Nov 2018 #3

Yes Texas is the worst ananda Nov 2018 #15

This is just one part of our big democracy reform plan. Hortensis Nov 2018 #44

Sounds like a winner to me DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #46

:) Yes! As Rep. Sarbanes says, we intend to do it all. Hortensis Nov 2018 #48

Lovely. Hopeful! mahina Nov 2018 #79

Wisconsin is horribly rigged. Greybnk48 Nov 2018 #4

So is Ohio. True Blue American Nov 2018 #40

The states will probably take them to court over it if such a thing passes. WillowTree Nov 2018 #5

Is handling an election different from determining apportionment? 3Hotdogs Nov 2018 #20

That's among the things that the courts might have to decide. WillowTree Nov 2018 #77

And NC: Dems get 50% of vote but only 3 of 13 seats. That's how those fuckers cheat. CurtEastPoint Nov 2018 #6

+1. USA is progressive liberal nation if remove gerrymandering, dirty tricks, & voter suppression. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2018 #7

So true FakeNoose Nov 2018 #43

and THEN, BRUTAL prison sentences for anyone convicted of voter suppression from now on! BamaRefugee Nov 2018 #8

Yes!!!! Roland99 Nov 2018 #9

Fantastic start NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #10

They will not bring it to the floor..no need to explain Le Gaucher Nov 2018 #26

Michigan voted 61.27% yes on prop 2. It's very popular Snotcicles Nov 2018 #11

AZ has this and we have 5 D and 4 R in Congress grantcart Nov 2018 #14

The Republicans have everything so gerrymandered in Michigan the people revolted. nt Snotcicles Nov 2018 #63

Yes they need to go after this LostinRed Nov 2018 #12

That's a big benefit. Pointing a finger right in the crooked Repubs face Bfd Nov 2018 #21

HEAR! HEAR! littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 #13

I'm loving the Leaders of our January Dem Majority. Bfd Nov 2018 #29

Me too, Bfd. Me too! nt littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 #31

Quickly.. homegirl Nov 2018 #16

How about this one, Congressman? DFW Nov 2018 #17

awesome! unblock Nov 2018 #18

not sure how congress can get rid of gerrymandering as it's up to the states. unblock Nov 2018 #19

States must abide by Federal law. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2018 #33

Not where the constitution explicitly gives a power to the states unblock Nov 2018 #42

equal protection under the law Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #59

proper case is easy. proper scotus... not so much.... unblock Nov 2018 #60

non-partisan commission Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #61

Independent commissions would work... for a while unblock Nov 2018 #62

in other words, all is lost, just cease trying? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #69

I mentioned improvements. Or we could get rid of geographical districts entirely unblock Nov 2018 #71

Article 1, Section 4: NYC Liberal Nov 2018 #67

++++ a million Bfd Nov 2018 #78

My heart is jumping out of my chest!!! Fairness! Democracy! Every vote counts! Honeycombe8 Nov 2018 #22

Please! It is completely unfair AllyCat Nov 2018 #23

California has certainly benefited from fair districting. NBachers Nov 2018 #24

+10000000000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!! LAS14 Nov 2018 #25

Let's be realistic, however ashling Nov 2018 #27

But we gotta do the work. Can us that Senate didn't cooperate in the 2020 elections iluvtennis Nov 2018 #30

Nobody is going to be paying any attention to what the Trumpflakes think. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2018 #34

Realistic is Democratic senate, house and presidency Hortensis Nov 2018 #85

Bravo iluvtennis Nov 2018 #28

Doesn't get better than Adam Schiff. zentrum Nov 2018 #32

Start with Ohio. Please!! blueinredohio Nov 2018 #35

I heard that a couple of familiar looking dudes had been working on this already, no? FailureToCommunicate Nov 2018 #36

Who better? I am sure Schiff has been/will be in consultation. What a team. nt Hekate Nov 2018 #38

Bravo Adam Schiff Hekate Nov 2018 #37

Please start with Wisconsin! We just re-elected Tammy Baldwin to the Senate with a 10% margin, yet Still In Wisconsin Nov 2018 #39

NOW we're talking! calimary Nov 2018 #47

Yes. The EC has become useless to a fair election. A point of corruption, & it is time to go Bfd Nov 2018 #49

This is so Surreal! Life Cha Nov 2018 #50

Schiff doesn't get it...congressional districts is a state function and NO democratic beachbum bob Nov 2018 #51

Some info for you Kaleva Nov 2018 #52

Unless McConnel signs on, it dies. beachbum bob Nov 2018 #53

AWESOME!!! This I fully support as the first item up! Firebrand Gary Nov 2018 #54

Love, LOVE.. LOOOOVE this!! Amimnoch Nov 2018 #55

Except the federal government has no authority over gerrymandering. former9thward Nov 2018 #56

Subject to judicial review. And Democratic house -- Census!! Hortensis Nov 2018 #86

I endorse this message. kentuck Nov 2018 #58

Can't argue with that agenda... Wounded Bear Nov 2018 #64

Hear, Hear! smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #65

Yes, slow play a reversing everything GOP, Saturday night massacre style ffr Nov 2018 #66

Kick SCantiGOP Nov 2018 #68

Agree Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 #70

Feds can order states many a good man Nov 2018 #73

Yay!! Go, Adam Schiff! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2018 #72

When the GOP can no longer lie and cheat it's way to power, their dwindling Enoki33 Nov 2018 #74

About time Generic Brad Nov 2018 #75

Or in 2016. Bfd Nov 2018 #83

I would like to see them focus on health care. nt spooky3 Nov 2018 #76

Well, of course? :) We're the healthcare party, and Hortensis Nov 2018 #87

This will actually help GOP voters jn the long run TwistOneUp Nov 2018 #80

Absolutely. Everything we do will help them. Hortensis Nov 2018 #88

It reminds me of Blazing Saddles TwistOneUp Nov 2018 #93

Just choked on my coffee Hortensis Nov 2018 #94

MAKE DC A STATE. TWO MORE SENATORS. sharedvalues Nov 2018 #81

This guy, I love this guy!!!!! bronxiteforever Nov 2018 #82

Outstanding! ewagner Nov 2018 #84

45's EPA has finally found a species worth saving from extinction ... nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2018 #89

Every side does it every chance they can The Mouth Nov 2018 #90

Who does it? Bfd Nov 2018 #91

Any party in power The Mouth Nov 2018 #92