Boehner To Obama: No, You Tell Dems To Pass Our Tax Bill

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79. It's both factors

Redistricting, in most states occurs following the results of the decennial census (10 year) have been calculated, as that is how the number of House reps are determined... by population density. It is normally the majority party of the state legislature who draws the district maps. In those states where the Voting Rights Act is in effect (those who have a history of discrimination tactics in the voting process) have to have those district boundaries approved (precleared) by the DoJ via a DC district court panel.



Consequently, during this current session of the SCOTUS, Justice Roberts has decided that they will hear arguments and revisit Sec. 5 of the VRA to determine if it has outlived its usefulness... based on the premise that we now have a black president, I think it was???

Which is ludicrous given the fiasco that was Oh, FL, and still is AZ in this last election cycle. If they determine that it can be left behind and no longer applies, you KNOW they are bought and paid for shills of the neocons and will surely hand hamRove and his crime syndicate carte blanche in the next election... that being 2014 when we have our next chance to do some more House cleaning.