On Friday, August 18, attorneys for the government of Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule the recent decision of a 3-judge U.S. District Court that the state must redraw some of its U.S. House district boundaries. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
ALL GERRYMANDERS — ALL THE TIME —
1/2 OR LESS VOTES X 1/2 GERRYMANDER AREAS =
1/4 OR LESS CONTROL = OLIGARCHY.
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Since the English House of Commons in the 1200s — a mere 700 plus years of minority rule Anglo-American oligarchy regimes.
Much worse extremist primary math — esp. in areas like Texas.
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PR and AppV
http://redistricting.lls.edu/
has the zillion gerrymander cases in all States.
The Texas USA Reps. case is one of the longest time ever cases.
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/1536_-_Defendants_Notice_of_Appeal.pdf
TX appeal to SCOTUS — note the small army of lawyers.
See SCOTUS docket 17A255