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LonePirate

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4. The redistricting case has me worried.

Reply to former9thward (Original post)

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 04:18 PM

Jun 2015

Independent commissions help reduce partisan gerrymandering which is one of two reasons we do not control the House presently. A loss here will only embolden the worst offenders of said gerrymandering. Voters should choose their elected officials, not the other way around.

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Five more SCOTUS decisions coming tomorrow and Monday. [View all] former9thward Jun 2015 OP

I'm watching ScotusBlog everyday! Agschmid Jun 2015 #1

A lot of interesting stuff there. former9thward Jun 2015 #2

#WaitingForLyle Agschmid Jun 2015 #3

We will win most but not all of them yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #6

The redistricting case has me worried. LonePirate Jun 2015 #4

Yes, but the Elections Clause of the Constitution says the Legislature is to do it. former9thward Jun 2015 #5