New York State Court of Appeals Agrees with Lower State Court that New York U.S. House Districts Violate the State Constitution

On April 27, New York’s highest state court, the Court of Appeals, issued an opinion in Harkenrider v Hochul, the lawsuit over the state’s new U.S. House districts. By a vote of 4-3, the Court agreed with the lower courts, and said the new plan violates the state constitution because it is a partisan gerrymander. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.

The Court will appoint a special master to quickly draw new districts.


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New York State Court of Appeals Agrees with Lower State Court that New York U.S. House Districts Violate the State Constitution — 8 Comments

  1. Who are you calling a troll, and why? I have seen other people call you a troll. How do YOU define troll?

  2. District boundaries should be drawn by technocrats with no political affiliations.

  3. District boundaries should be drawn by Republicans where they have the majority, and by technocrats where Demon Craps have the majority. The left is evil and literally sinister, and controlled by Satan. It should and must be fought by any and all means required, from voting to lawsuits to information warfare to prayer to physical force and anything and everything else. Leftists of any and all kinds must be defeated at all costs because the only alternative is the annexation of all of humanity into hell and total, complete, eternal, inescapable slavery to Satan. Demon Craps are the turds of demons who serve Satan, the excretions of their bowels. They must not be allowed to gain, hold or press any sort of advantage of any kind.

  4. The idea is representative government. Local representatives representing the area they represent to and in the state or federal legislature, city council, etc. HELL NO to taking that away from us. One representative for any given area and it should stay that way! Azwipe’s version is particularly idiotic and unworkable with “ranked candidate replacement lists” instead of identifiable parties on the ballot. It asks for an absurdly unrealistic level of research from both candidates and voters. It’s among the most azinine and unworkable schemes I’ve ever seen from any crank anywhere. Needless to say, it’s a terrible idea. Needless, because it will never, ever be implemented. The universe will die a heat death or collapse back in on itself before it would ever come to pass. But I’m saying it anyway, just because he won’t ever shut up about it.

  5. Troll MORON –

    PR candidates would have party labels.

    replacement lists only for candidate/incumbent vacancies.

    Legislative bodies exist ONLY because electors-voters can NOT assemble in person and vote on legis body stuff.

    TOTAL VOTES / TOTAL MEMBERS = EQUAL VOTES TO ELECT EACH MEMBER

    ALL VOTES COUNT — BOTH MAJORITY RULE AND MINORITY REPRESENTATION.

  6. You’re the total moron. In the past you have said that individual candidates, not parties, should be on the ballot. You even described this cockamamie candidates ranking other candidates as a direct reply to how proportional representation would even work without party labels. You are contradicting yourself yet again.

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