• Federal judges rule Michigan's voting maps illegally gerrymandered
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In 3 months the Supreme Court will overturn this
Not necessarily, the new court has been hesitant to take on gerrymandering cases. And this close to an election, they may be weary of provoking a reaction. Shame that I'm basing these assumptions on the idea of the supreme court having a partisan agenda, but well, here we are.
They already took gerrymandering cases and will decide this June, they could do a narrow ruling or a wide one and prevent judges from striking down maps at all, or even rule independent commissions are unconstitutional.
the new court has taken on a gerrymandering case that will likely be released in June at the very end of the term.
which makes no sense, how can this be unconstitutional at all. What the constitution doesn't say is provided through law, and state law is subservient to federal law in most instances; it makes no sense nor does the constitution make any mention of forbidding a third party from making the district map
If the Supreme Court, which is an undemocratic institution that despite this has in the past has made great changes in favor of democracy and equality, turns into an institution which fights against democracy and equal political liberty for all, then I think it might be time for the states that are truly democratic (and coincidentally tend to be Democratic) to secede and build a better system. The states which are under minority rule due to gerrymandering, disenfranchisement, voter suppression (such as voter ID laws), and other methods of subverting democracy, would need some sort of (hopefully) peaceful overthrow of their current state government, with something like a (likely unofficial, but internationally observed) referendum or something like that. I'm not saying this is the only solution to the issue, but honestly some things that are happening right now, and could happen soon, are so heinous that they merit drastic actions like this. Especially if the Supreme Court rules independent commissions unconstitutional, which would essentially mandate gerrymandering and make it unconstitutional not to.
How does it currently look like? Anyways, just voronoi diagram that shit up. Simple and fair.
I'm glad Pennsylvania was smart and based their case on the state Constitution. The fucking GOP tried to get the Supreme Court to overrule our Constitution lmao.
Imagine a world where they overturn the Penn constitution on the grounds that legislatures have a right to partisan gerrymandering
That would start a new civil war
no, just furthering the destruction of our political system.
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