Kansas Supreme Court Says U.S. House District Boundaries Don’t Violate State Constitution

On May 18, the Kansas Supreme Court issued a two-page opinion, reversing the lower state court and upholding the U.S. House districts passed by the legislature earlier this year. The lower court had said the maps represent a partisan gerrymander which is prohibited by the Kansas Constitution. The State Supreme Court did not explain its reasoning, but says it will do that later. It is unclear if the decision was unanimous. Rivera v Schwab, case number 125092.


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Kansas Supreme Court Says U.S. House District Boundaries Don’t Violate State Constitution — 28 Comments

  1. Was at the Kansas SOS office this morning filing the slate of Libertarian candidates for the general election. We were told by staff a decision was imminent. It won’t impact our US House candidate.

  2. Joey, the lower state court said it is. For the first time ever, the 2022 redistricting splits Wyandotte County.

  3. Richard, the lower court is wrong and you know it. You just want another way to spread your communist beliefs.
    Separate but Equal is OK because a Supreme Court long ago said so, right?

  4. So what is the justification for splitting Wyandotte County, the county with the highest percentage of black voters? In all history, that county had never before been split into two different districts.

  5. For non troll morons —

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering

    IE commie/fascist political concentration camps — USA, UK, Canada, India, etc.

    NOT yet shown in the wiki – G math 00001

    1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4 Control — with super-worse primary math

    >>> 1-10 pct REAL extremist Control
    >>> 1-5 top monarch / oligarch hacks behind closed doors giving command orders about laws / *policies*.

    —–
    PR – save Civilization

  6. Once again Thomas Jones is clueless. No wonder he constantly lost court cases.

  7. HOW MANY FAKE NAMES BY THE FEW REALLY STUPID TROLL MORONS ON BAN ???

    HOW MANY OF THEM ARE PUTIN’S AGENTS / PUPPETS ???

  8. The biggest really stupid troll goes by two fake names demo rep and az, better known as azclown, azwipe, azmunch, azlicker, azhole, etc. He’s actually Putin’s puppet and likes to play a parody of an extremely unhinged Putin hater to try to make Putin haters seem even dumber and crazier than they already are.

  9. What is so magical about Wyandotte county that it can never be split? Lots of counties in lots of states get split all the time. The lower court got it wrong and the higher court got it right.

  10. There are still a few people left in this country who don’t want to make America great again. These people are called communists.

  11. FOR NON-TROLL MORONS —
    POLITICAL SCIENCE HAS ADVANCED SINCE THE DARK AGE.
    ——
    5 SPACES BETWEEN COLUMNS FOR SPREADSHEETS

    5 DISTRICT GERRYMANDER EXAMPLES MAY 2022

    1. EXTREME
    DT A Z TOT
    1 51 50 101
    2 51 50 101
    3 51 50 101
    4 0 101 101
    5 0 101 101

    TOT 153 352 505
    PCT ***30.3 69.7 100.0

    2. ONE PARTY SAFE CONTROL
    DT A Z TOT
    1 56 45 101
    2 55 46 101
    3 54 47 101
    4 20 81 101
    5 20 81 101

    TOT 205 300 505
    PCT 40.6 59.4 100.0

    3 A WIN 165
    PCT ***32.7

    *** MINORITY RULE PCTS

    IF MORE DISTRICTS AND UNEQUAL TOTAL VOTES IN DISTRICTS,
    THEN POSSIBLE UNDER 25 PCT CONTROL.

    SUPER-WORSE PRIMARY MATH.

    DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED.

    REMEDY- PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

    SIMPLE PR —– TOTAL VOTES / TOTAL MEMBERS
    = EQUAL VOTES TO ELECT EACH MEMBER.
    I.E. – 101 VOTES IN EACH EXAMPLE ABOVE.

    SURPLUS VOTES DOWN.
    LOSEST LOSER VOTES UP.

  12. IS AZ SHORT FOR AZOV BATTALION? IS OUR VERY OWN TROLL MORON AZ AN ACTUAL UKRAINIAN NAZI???

  13. Mariupol Ukraine heroes – next to the Azov Sea –

    another stand against killer tyrants as in
    Verdun 1916
    Brest-Litovsk 1941
    Bataan 1942

  14. Heroes who worship Hitler? Now I’ve heard everything! Look up AZOV BATTALION you troll moron. Do you even know how to read???

  15. The funny thing is that these new lines could very well come back to bite the Republicans. Lawrence and Manhattan are now in the 1st Cong. District. Both are university cities that go heavily Democrat. The Republicans may have been too clever by half.

  16. Communists should not be running for office. They should be running from packs of hungry hunting dogs. There’s also a good tradition of dropping them from helicopters which should be revived. Babies should have a right to life, but communists/leftists, criminals, illegal invaders, Mohammetans..well, not so much.

  17. When was the last day that the USA was *great* — Before D. Trump gang made up the phrase ???

    The Day before Oct 1929 stock market Crash ???

    The Days before 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 24th, 26th Amdts were ratified ???

  18. The parts where they deny being Nazis are fake news lies. And it’s obvious. But. At least W finally apologized for Iraq even if it was just a Freudian slip.

  19. ANY IRAQ / INTERPOL ARREST WARRANTS FOR USA KILLER PREZS – DUE TO THEIR UN-DECLARED WARS ???

    ESP SINCE 1950 TRUMAN — SO-CALLED UN POLICE ACTION IN KOREA —

    MODEL FOR 2014/2022 PUTIN ATTACKS IN UKRAINE ???

  20. One problem with that is that it’s several more states than what he got credit for. In fact it’s most states. So who would be seceding? Trump will win easily in 2024, and he’ll win so big they won’t be able to cheat him out of it again. Maybe he will even change his mind and come back into his rightful office before then through the Speaker of the House route. Let the leftists howl.

  21. The idea that Lawrence and Manhattan in the 1st District may be bad for Republicans doesn’t account for the fact that most of the students are probably registered to vote at their permanent addresses… we shall see if it matters.

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