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30. I'm watching that like a hawk, Kennedy stated that gerrymandering is unconstitutional,

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 03:11 PM

Aug 2017

But a case specific enough as not cross the Supreme Court yet, it will

I'm hoping this is it.

But the lower court ruled it unconstitutional, the Supreme Court usually doesn't take cases it agrees with.

They let the lower court stand, but that does not set precedent.

I'm praying that that is the reason they took that case, just to set a precedent.

Wishful thinking, but maybe,

you're right about specific congressional districts, I'm talking more about the ratio of the whole state

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