On January 22, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state’s U.S. House districts as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, and ordered new districts in time for the 2018 election. The decision is only three pages and will be supplemented later. The case is League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v Commonwealth, 159 MM 2017. If the legislature doesn’t draw new districts by mid-February, the court will draw them. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.
Here is a dissent, signed by two members of the Court. It says the Pennsylvania Supreme Court should have waited until the U.S. Supreme Court issues its pending opinions in somewhat similar cases. However, the Pennsylvania decision is based on the Pennsylvania Constitution, and the cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court are based on the federal Constitution.
One of the two dissenters also wrote this dissent.
How many of each State Supreme Court are known robot Party HACKS ???
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PR legis and NON-partisan AppV exec-judic
Way to go LOWV.
F U partisan gerrymander-ers!!!
Congrats to the LOWV and the citizens of Pennsylvania.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-01-22/pennsylvania-supreme-court-tosses-states-congressional-map
It was a party-line decision. The court is divided 5D 2R. One of the Democrats wrote (or is writing) a partial concurrence, and a partial dissent.
My guess is he is dissenting on the remedy.
The gerrymander math will continue —
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 rigged gerrymander districts = 1/4 or less CONTROL.
PA Donkeys in urban-suburban concentration camps want such CONTROL to replace the PA Elephants in rural-suburban concentration camps in current CONTROL.
Attention ALL math/judicial morons —
*judicially manageable standard* (junk phrase invented by SCOTUS morons in 1962-1964) = MAJORITY RULE = DEMOCRACY = ANY BARE MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS CAN AND DO ELECT LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE A BARE MAJORITY OF THE VOTING POWER IN THE LEGISLATIVE BODY.
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PR and AppV
Emergency appeal to SCOTUS by Elephants
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