On January 31, fourteen states filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Merrill v Milligan, the Alabama U.S. House redistricting lawsuit. Louisiana officials wrote the brief, which was then also signed by Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia. All those states have Attorneys General who are Republicans. The brief is on the side of Alabama.
The main point of the amicus is that it is too late to redraw the Alabama districts. The brief admits that the lawsuit against the Alabama districts was filed on November 4, 2021, the very day the new Alabama districts were finalized. The brief complains about the difficulty for Alabama to redraw its districts given that the primary is May 24. But the brief does not acknowledge that Alabama could postpone its 2022 primary. In 2020 many states postponed primaries. Alabama congressional primaries were in June from 1986 through 2010. In 1980 they were in September.
Gerrymander math —
all well known to the ANTI-Democracy MONSTERS in the USA since 4 July 1776 —
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 rigged cracked/packed gerrymander districts = 1/4 or less CONTROL laws.
Wake up the brain dead media in your State/local area.
SCOTUS hacks raised the super-evil 1-10 pct Control in 1963-1964 to current ROT.
Super-worse primary math – esp if no incumbent hack – circa 5-15 pct REAL minority rule — ALL gerrymander regimes.
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NOOO primaries.
PR
In 1872, when a district requirement was first imposed as part of the apportionment bill, Congress provided transitional arrangement.
Congress could simply delay application of the 2020 Census apportionment until 2024.
Alternatively it could permit extra representatives be elected at large. For states that lost representation they could simply combine the two least populous adjacent districts.
Or Congress could simply require Louisiana-style elections for Congress.
NO APPORTIONMENT AFTER 1920 CENSUS >>>
DIRECT SUBVERSION OF 14-2 AMDT.
CAUSED MANY AT LARGE ELECTIONS FOR USA REPS IN 1932 ELECTION AFTER 1930 CENSUS
— IE LOTS OF NEW COMMIE DEM USA REPS IN 1933-1935 — IN POWER TO 1973-1980.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/economy/national-debt-30-trillion/index.html
America’s national debt surpasses $30 trillion for the first time
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ONE MORE RESULT OF THE 3 USA MINORITY RULE USA GERRYMANDER SYSTEMS.
TOTAL ECON PANIC POSSIBLE NOW ANY SECOND.
I hope the Court tells them to elect the entire delegation at large.
But, chances are, the Court will likely punt and tell the state to use the same districts from last election, and come up with a new redistricting plan for 2024.
@WZ,
Maybe the SCOTUS will order all states other than Louisiana to hold their elections on the date designated by Congress.