All Six Alabama Republican Members of the U.S. House ask the U.S. Supreme Court to Stay the Redistricting Decision

On September 19, the six Alabama Republican members of the U.S. House filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the redistricting case.  They, of course, want the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against the 3-judge U.S. District Court that ordered new districts.

Their brief claims that the 3-judge U.S. District Court plan amounts to a “partisan gerrymander”.  That is somewhat funny.  In 2022, the Republicans won 86% of the Alabama seats, even though they only got 70% of the popular vote cast for U.S. House in Alabama.  If the U.S. District Court plan had been in effect, they probably would have won 71% of the seats (five out of seven), which would be almost exactly in proportion to their popular vote.


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All Six Alabama Republican Members of the U.S. House ask the U.S. Supreme Court to Stay the Redistricting Decision — 34 Comments

  1. Speaking of proportions…
    Based on the 2020 census, Delaware has almost double (x1.8) the number of people per US House seat than Montana.
    Therefore, I wouldn’t blink if one Alabama district had over 50% more people in it than another.

    The spread in Alabama is like 3%. Very suspicious! Very ugly!

    Districts should encompass metropolitan areas / counties / geographical areas. If one district has 20% or even 50% more people than another, c’est la vie. Still better than Delaware.

  2. Alternate headline: “All White Alabama congressmen want to keep the current racist map”

  3. Racial gerrymander, partisan gerrymander, call it what you want. The fascist demorats are trying to cheat and chisel every which way like they always do.

  4. AC
    MT BARELY GOT HAVING 2 USA REPS — THUS THE DE/MT EXTREME RATIO

    VOTERS VOTE – NOT CENSUS POPS – ESP A-N-Y ILLEGAL INVADERS BEING COUNTED IN 2020 GERRYMANDER CENSUS

  5. 1/2 X 1/2 = 1/4

    GERRYMANDER MATH SINCE STONE AGE —

    TOO DIFFICULT FOR MORON LAWYERS, JUDGE, LAW SKOOOOL PROFS, MEDIA, ETC ETC ETC TO DETECT.

    SUPER-WORSE PRIMARY EXTREMIST MATH SINCE 1888.

    RESULT — LAWLESS TOP EXECS AND COURTS WITH THEIR OWN TYRANT AGENDAS/POLICIES/ORDERS/COMMANDS.
    —-
    P-A-T

  6. Everyone is a moron except troll moron AZ and his wacky ideas about replacement lists etc. Too bad nobody will ever listen to this great genius because all the rest of us, experts and lay people alike, are all total morons. Or maybe it’s because he’s actually the wacko moron. Either way, he’ll just keep sputtering uselessly, making zero headway for his eccentric beliefs.

  7. The current House districts are somewhat disproportional from state to state because the current number of seats (435) is too low.

    The minimum solution to this problem would be to adopt the Wyoming Rule, which would increase the number of seats by at least 130.

    Under the Wyoming Rule, per the 2020 census, Alabama would have 9 seats.

  8. If the case goes to the Supreme Court, a remedy that should be considered is whether or not the current number of House seats is in violation of the Constitutional intent by being too small to achieve an adequate proportionality from state to state, and compelling the adoption of the Wyoming Rule as the minimum adequate remedy.

  9. USA H REPS BECAME A MO SCENE IN 1873 WITH 13 AMDT AND 14-2 AMDT

    EX-SLAVE STATES GOT A HIGHER PCT OF TOTAL REPS –

    NO N/W STATE ALLOWED TO LOSE ANY SEATS
    ———
    WITH PR EVEN 101 SEATS WOULD PERMIT 101 FACTIONS
    ———
    USA REGIME HAS LIMITED LEGIS / EXEC / JUDIC POWERS – REGARDLESS OF SCOTUS PERVERSIONS / SUBVERSIONS.

    MOST USA LAWS PASSED IN CONG 1-3 1789-1794

    MANY SINCE 1861 ARE UN-CONST.

  10. There are no reasons to abolish the Electoral College. God bless and preserve the Electoral College, one of the last guarantors and protectors of our liberty.

  11. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/09/20/government-shutdown-looms-biden-mccarthy-address-us-national-debt/70842636007/

    USA DEBT MERE $$$ 33 TRILLION

    TOTAL USA/STATES/LOCALS NOW ABOUT $$$ 50 TRILLION

    MEANS ZERO TO COMMIES/FASCISTS IN ALL GOVTS

    HYPER-INFLATION COLLAPSE POSSIBLE NOW ANY COMPUTER SECOND.

    GERMANY 1921-1923 HYPER-INFLATION – DESTRUCTION OF LOWER/MIDDLE CLASSES >>> HITLER 1933-1945.

    HISTORY MEANS ZERO TO TYRANT MONARCHS/OLIGARCHS IN USA

    P-A-T

  12. USSR today is fake news. Put out by the same commie fascist slime who ran up the 33 billion and much else besides.

  13. I would keep the Electoral College, and abolish the Presidency instead.

    Presidents have way too much power today.

    The Electoral College should meet, and vote for a multi-member Executive Council instead.

  14. An electoral college picked by state legislatures would be a good replacement for congress, and the executive council sounds like a promising idea as well.

  15. TOTAL SEPARATION OF LEGIS/EXEC/JUDIC POWERS WILL REDUCE THE USA PREZ TO ITS LIMITED POSITION —

    NOOO LEGIS VETOES, NOOO PARDONS, NOOO PREZ TREATIES, NOOO LEGIS-EXEC *AGREEMENTS* WITH FORN REGIMES, NOOO LEGIS EXEC ORDERS, NOOO ZILLION PREZ STAFFERS / COMTS, COUNCILS , ETC ETC ETC.

    HAVE DAILY/WEEKLY PREZ CLEAN UP TRASH AROUND WHITE HOUSE / DC WITH CABINET HACKS.

    LIKEWISE FOR STATE/LOCAL TOP EXECS.

    P-A-T

  16. State legislatures should select the Electoral College, and the Electoral College should select the executive council.

  17. @WZ,

    The SCOTUS has already had cases on apportionment that have tacitly approved a fixed size House.

    Congress could require districts have the same number of voters.

  18. @WZ
    Was it you who brought up how Switzerland has a Council of 7 instead of a president? They’re chosen by their “congress”. Also, when would the House of Reps be seen as too big?

    @Banana & Pat & Ramon
    Not quite the same, but the US Senate used to be chosen by state legislatures. The 17th Amendment changed that.

    My point was that there are lot of requirements for congressional districts, it’s hard to meet all of them, and it leads to court cases like this one in Alabama. Something’s gotta give. And if state representation is already heavily skewed, why should districts have super-close-to-equal population? Just an idea.

  19. JR-

    BRAIN DEAD CENSUS POPULATION FIXATION IN SCOTUS 1964 GERRYMANDER CASES – USA REPS IN STATES / STATE LEGIS IN STATES

    ALSO LATER IN LOCAL GOVT GERRYMANDER CASES.
    —-
    P-A-T

  20. In spAZworld, states are sovereign nation states, except when they’re gerrymanders.

    crAZytown!

  21. NEW AGE 0.0000666 IQ TROLL MORONS CAN NOT DETECT INTERNAL/EXTERNAL MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDERS.

    BAAACK TO DIAPERS AND MOO COW MILK FOR THEM.


    P-A-T

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