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brooklynite

(94,499 posts) Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:30 PM Jan 2018

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BREAKING: Federal Court overturns North Carolina Congressional District lines

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BREAKING: Federal Court overturns North Carolina Congressional District lines (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2018 OP

Bad day for GOP fascists and traitors thbobby Jan 2018 #1

From my twitter feed Gothmog Jan 2018 #2

Link to the opinion Gothmog Jan 2018 #3

Note that the Supreme Court is already considering a case on partisan gerrymandering... PoliticAverse Jan 2018 #4

Actually, the SCOTUS has two cases on partisan gerrymandering Gothmog Jan 2018 #8

Republicans and anti Constitutional gerrymandering BoneyardDem Jan 2018 #5

K&R Scurrilous Jan 2018 #6

OMG DemKittyNC Jan 2018 #7

Good news! Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #9

This certainly sounds like excellent news, yes? mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #10

Maybe I'll get to be represented by a Democrat in Congress again in my lifetime wishstar Jan 2018 #11

So who's going to jail over this criminal violation of the bedrock of our nation? NBachers Jan 2018 #12

THAT is the question of the hour!! MontanaMama Jan 2018 #14

Map of N. Carolina GOP gerrymandering, potential D gerrymandering, and neutral. Truly amazing: Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #13

Thanks much for this - can you post the source you got the maps from? onetexan Jan 2018 #18

Daily Kos website posted it, not sure of original source. Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #19

F U GOP! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #15

Here's an interesting video on this subject: NBachers Jan 2018 #16

Now, I just hope the rw partisan SCOTUS agrees. lark Jan 2018 #17

thbobby

(1,474 posts)

1. Bad day for GOP fascists and traitors

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:33 PM

Jan 2018

Gothmog

(145,126 posts)

2. From my twitter feed

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:33 PM

Jan 2018

Link to tweet

Gothmog

(145,126 posts)

3. Link to the opinion

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:34 PM

Jan 2018

I will have fun reading this later https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/CC_LWV_v_Rucho_MemorandumOpinion_01.09.18.pdf

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. Note that the Supreme Court is already considering a case on partisan gerrymandering...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:34 PM

Jan 2018

with a decision expected around June: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_v._Whitford

Gothmog

(145,126 posts)

8. Actually, the SCOTUS has two cases on partisan gerrymandering

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:42 PM

Jan 2018

The SCOTUS has also taken cert on the Maryland case

BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)

5. Republicans and anti Constitutional gerrymandering

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:35 PM

Jan 2018

go together like burgers and fries.

Someone needs to help them break this unhealthy habit.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

6. K&R

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Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:36 PM

Jan 2018

DemKittyNC

(743 posts)

7. OMG

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:39 PM

Jan 2018

Yes! Starting to freaking LOVE my state again!!!!! Also Governor Roy Cooper has been awesome! So thankful for him so far. =)

Wounded Bear

(58,642 posts)

9. Good news!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:44 PM

Jan 2018

Perhaps we can force them to follow the fucking rules.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

10. This certainly sounds like excellent news, yes?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:54 PM

Jan 2018

It's been a pretty good day!

wishstar

(5,268 posts)

11. Maybe I'll get to be represented by a Democrat in Congress again in my lifetime

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:56 PM

Jan 2018

I had lost hope of ever being represented by a Democrat in Congress after the redistricting. We used to have Democrats in Congress representing my NC city that is overwhelmingly Democratic until the gerrymandering split the city in half, moving half of us Dems into a rural Repub district while snaking in more Repubs to what was a Democratic district.

NBachers

(17,099 posts)

12. So who's going to jail over this criminal violation of the bedrock of our nation?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 08:33 PM

Jan 2018

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)

14. THAT is the question of the hour!!

Reply to NBachers (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:14 PM

Jan 2018

Someone needs to be locked the hell up.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

13. Map of N. Carolina GOP gerrymandering, potential D gerrymandering, and neutral. Truly amazing:

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:11 PM

Jan 2018

Not sure what the map now rejected looked like. Anyone have it?

The 12th District is the evil heart.

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onetexan

(13,036 posts)

18. Thanks much for this - can you post the source you got the maps from?

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 10, 2018, 06:23 PM

Jan 2018

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

19. Daily Kos website posted it, not sure of original source.

Reply to onetexan (Reply #18)

Wed Jan 10, 2018, 07:36 PM

Jan 2018

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)

15. F U GOP!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:28 PM

Jan 2018

NBachers

(17,099 posts)

16. Here's an interesting video on this subject:

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 10:33 PM

Jan 2018

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Arnold has connected with Represent.us

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and this video is worth watching:

lark

(23,091 posts)

17. Now, I just hope the rw partisan SCOTUS agrees.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jan 10, 2018, 06:21 PM

Jan 2018

During the hearing on gerrymandering, all the repugs questions seemed to be pro-gerrymandering. Hope I'm wrong, but
Gorsuch, Alito and Thomas are nothing but rw stooges with Roberts and Kennedy occasionally swinging towards sanity. Since this is about party, I think it's very possible we'll get another 5-4 decision due to repug theft of the seat.

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