America risks one-party rule if gerrymandering isn't stopped- Russ Feingold

[L. Coyote]

Make that the past tense. Or, at least, continued one-party rule. Gerrymandering and cheating has already given us this problem.

America risks one-party rule if gerrymandering isn't stopped
Russ Feingold
A bedrock of our democratic legitimacy could rise or fall with the US supreme court’s decision whether to hear a case on hyper-partisan gerrymandering

As we are all experiencing, every day there’s some new shock from the Trump-Pence administration. Much of it is disgraceful. Yet we cannot let the tragedy of Donald Trump’s presidency distract us from the broader fight to restore and protect the legitimacy of our democracy.

That legitimacy comes from the voters, and their influence is being systematically devalued by gerrymandering. A bedrock of our democratic legitimacy could rise or fall with the US supreme court’s decision as to whether to hear a case and finally rule on the constitutionality of hyper-partisan gerrymandering.

The court recently reaffirmed the illegality of racial gerrymandering in the case of North Carolina. But to protect fully our democratic legitimacy, the court must go further and prohibit gerrymandering done to cement one-party rule.

Over the past several years, a ground war has been conducted against our democratic legitimacy at the state level by state political parties intent on minimizing the power of certain voters. Their goal: near permanent one-party rule.
Donald Trump acts like an illegitimate president for a reason
Russ Feingold
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This practice of hyper-partisan gerrymandering is destroying our democracy by reverse-engineering the election process. Rather than voters choosing their representatives, representatives choose their voters.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/16/america-risks-one-party-rule-gerrymandering

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Let me predict that the one SC justice who does NOT belong there will vote

on the side of the cons who orchestrate gerrymandering.

When the republicans refused the American people their SC justice, they overwhelmingly voted for , our democracy died that day.

[Dustlawyer]

2. +1!!! THIS

[CrispyQ]

4. If Trump goes down but McConnell stays in place, we'll be fucked for a long time.

I loathe that man.

[Initech]

5. I'm sure this is why McConnell delayed the vote on Garland.

Otherwise, he's out of a job!

[Amaryllis]

7. He knew they had the election in the bag between gerrymandering, Interstate Crosscheck,

and insecure voting machines and tabulators. Not to mention Russia.

[titaniumsalute]

8. Gerrymandering doesn't impact the Senate though

The Senate is full state voting. Gerrymandering mostly effects the US House and State House/Senate races.

[YCHDT]

6. this

[jodymarie aimee]

3. I posted this days ago

the 16th.

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