Look at what Michigan did and pass similar gerrymandering killers everywhere (Reply #78)

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Thu Jun 27, 2019, 10:58 AM

Dorn (464 posts)

78. Look at what Michigan did and pass similar gerrymandering killers everywhere

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94 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Supreme Court case on gerrymandering is a disaster [View all]	StarfishSaver	Jun 2019	OP
Not Political?	montanacowboy	Jun 2019	#1
citizens united and this. when the REAL chips are down-- fuck john roberts	pangaia	Jun 2019	#9
+1, they had ... NO ... problem deciding Bush V Gore and stopping the recount in Florida !!!	uponit7771	Jun 2019	#58
They had no problem striking down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act	StarfishSaver	Jun 2019	#69
...and They Knew They Wrong in Doing So.	The_Counsel	Jun 2019	#87
We need to win the Presidency	ChiTownDenny	Jun 2019	#63
THIS! YES!	kag	Jun 2019	#82
Both and	StarfishSaver	Jun 2019	#90
+1 -K&R	onetexan	Jun 2019	#92
Big loss for opponents of gerrymandering, unfortunately. n/t	PoliticAverse	Jun 2019	#2
Big loss for people who love Democracy, you mean.	Eliot Rosewater	Jun 2019	#5
+++ agree	iluvtennis	Jun 2019	#44
Absolutely agree!!!	pazzyanne	Jun 2019	#67
Strange reply	SlogginThroughIt	Jun 2019	#93
This is what happens when people WHINE about our prez candidate	Eliot Rosewater	Jun 2019	#3
Yes	StarfishSaver	Jun 2019	#7
Democrats can play that same game . . .	Iliyah	Jun 2019	#4
First, Democrats have to get control of state legislatures	StarfishSaver	Jun 2019	#8
Which is happening . . . .	Iliyah	Jun 2019	#10
and repubs have been working on it since before 1980...	pangaia	Jun 2019	#11
California - Devin Nunes, Kevin McCarthy, Duncan Hunter	NewJeffCT	Jun 2019	#19
These aren't state legislators	StarfishSaver	Jun 2019	#20
Democrats in the California state legislature	NewJeffCT	Jun 2019	#28
No, but CA & NY have Dem control and can affect GOP trolls now	bigbrother05	Jun 2019	#38
Yeah but,	watoos	Jun 2019	#68
Yes!	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#56
Dems need to get control and pass legislation	elias7	Jun 2019	#83
Yet another WTF! Absolutely stupid and incredible ruling! Day by day, the democracy gets ripped	RKP5637	Jun 2019	#6
Supreme Court Says Constitution Does Not Bar Partisan Gerrymandering.	elleng	Jun 2019	#12
Then it's time for California	NewJeffCT	Jun 2019	#13
Agree!	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#16
The only way to turn this around.	Baitball Blogger	Jun 2019	#17
They are all gerrymandered districts because we have those states set up for maximum Dem wins.	Ace Rothstein	Jun 2019	#32
Most blue states like CA	NewJeffCT	Jun 2019	#53
Illinois is done by state legislature.	Ace Rothstein	Jun 2019	#54
You can simply draw a box that encompasses every R voter in the state	Takket	Jun 2019	#64
+1, its also time for California to demand representative electoral votes.	uponit7771	Jun 2019	#41
Thank goodness	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#14
I hope you are correct. N/t	Mach1miles	Jun 2019	#21
The AG	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#47
welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Jun 2019	#75
Thank you.	Mach1miles	Jul 2019	#94
A lot of heinous fuckery occurs at the state level	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2019	#15
to #15 - you are absolute correct. We MUST strengthen our local and statewide GOTV efforts.	northoftheborder	Jun 2019	#31
Exactly	treestar	Jun 2019	#43
This really is a States rights issue	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#48
Yes it is,	elleng	Jun 2019	#57
A Court has ordered Ohio	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#60
Absolutely correct.	yardwork	Jun 2019	#65
Disgraceful.	Goodheart	Jun 2019	#18
Remember in Bush v. Gore when the Supreme Court called off the recount	Goodheart	Jun 2019	#25
Yes. Court can strike down portions of the voting rights act	StarfishSaver	Jun 2019	#26
Does that prevent the state courts from making judgments?	AJT	Jun 2019	#22
Well, that accelerates the problem	zaj	Jun 2019	#37
Can't they bring these cases back on racial grounds...	zaj	Jun 2019	#23
The only silver lining I can see is that it will heighten the awareness about the importance of	WhiskeyGrinder	Jun 2019	#24
Hmmm, from MSNBC it says it leaves it up to congress and federal courts have to stay out of it...	uponit7771	Jun 2019	#27
That won't work. Congress can't make voting laws for states, not even for presidential elections.	Goodheart	Jun 2019	#39
Can't congress make laws saying gerrymandering can't be political along with racial? tia	uponit7771	Jun 2019	#42
I have heard too many	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#55
A comment from SCOTUSblog:	WhiskeyGrinder	Jun 2019	#29
Ohio already did	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#52
Interesting comment from scotusblog:	rurallib	Jun 2019	#30
yeah, but the supreme court was happy to decide the election in 2000....	unblock	Jun 2019	#36
IKR !?!?!	uponit7771	Jun 2019	#45
With legal gerrymandering and a citizenship question on the census...	BKDem	Jun 2019	#33
here's the problem with the majority decision:	unblock	Jun 2019	#34
+1, It sounds like the majority is going back to their "intentions" rulings as if intentions make	uponit7771	Jun 2019	#46
This is going to be one of those decisions hated by both sides.	Tommy_Carcetti	Jun 2019	#35
Fledgeling steps of a really bad court	B Stieg	Jun 2019	#40
it has been a really bad court since Roberts came on	rurallib	Jun 2019	#59
Elections have consequences.	RedSpartan	Jun 2019	#49
Shocker: gerrymandering the Supreme Court produces gerrymandering state legislatures. nt	NCjack	Jun 2019	#50
Time we start to take out the republican governors.	slater71	Jun 2019	#51
Does this effect state ballot initiatives?	Takket	Jun 2019	#61
No, States rights.	True Blue American	Jun 2019	#62
What's the matter?	bucolic_frolic	Jun 2019	#66
A big thanks to all the so-called progressives who complained about Hillary and stayed home in 2016.	OrlandoDem2	Jun 2019	#70
Fuck the Supreme Court 5. We all know who they are.	debsy	Jun 2019	#71
SCOTUS supports individual states fixing their own redistricting problems	FakeNoose	Jun 2019	#72
Just an FYI -	asiliveandbreathe	Jun 2019	#73
Dreadful ruling!	dhol82	Jun 2019	#74
yup	gopiscrap	Jun 2019	#76
Wonderful.	old guy	Jun 2019	#77
Look at what Michigan did and pass similar gerrymandering killers everywhere	Dorn	Jun 2019	#78
States can and should fix gerrymandering.	aquamarina	Jun 2019	#79
Make it backfire	Traildogbob	Jun 2019	#81
Since it is a political process, Democrats should play the same game	dalton99a	Jun 2019	#80
It Will Take Congress Passing Anti-Gerrymandering Legislation	dlk	Jun 2019	#84
The phrase that should always be used: political hacks in robes	Hassler	Jun 2019	#85
So now Dems will have to...	Kablooie	Jun 2019	#86
"What's good for the goose is good for the gander"	dalton99a	Jun 2019	#91
Campaign issue	Johnny2X2X	Jun 2019	#88
It was another 5 -4 decision. I think i can guess whom the 5 were!	Mr. Sparkle	Jun 2019	#89

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