On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Lepak v City of Irving, 12-777. The issue was whether districts should have equal population or equal numbers of registered voters. Generally courts and legislative bodies operate on the principle that the Constitution requires equal population for districts, not equal numbers of registered voters. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
One more FATAL blow to the survival of Democracy.
The gerrymanders will now get even worse.
More and more illegal invaders in some gerrymander districts with fewer and fewer legal voters = more indirect minority rule — i.e. by the Donkeys.
Courts are brain dead.
If there is an area wide election (governor, state const amdt), only actual voters count.
Not the same for subareas of the regime ??? Duh.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
I think the court sees that one person, one vote and single member districts are not so compatable, so they just don’t want to go there, and don’t want others spending a lot of time on these matters either.
Spend a whole lot of time on the issue (regardless of the appointed robot party hack SCOTUS math morons) —
1/2 votes x 1/2 gerrymander areas = 1/4 control
— or less — with the more and more illegal invaders in more and more gerrymander areas — See TX, CA, NY, FL, etc. etc. etc.
See the FALL of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D. due to having more and more invaders in the WRE for about 300 years.