On April 20, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s legislative district boundaries. Harris v Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 14-232. The decision is unanimous and is written by Justice Stephen Breyer. Harris v Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. Here is the decision.
The boundaries had been drawn by an independent redistricting commission. Arizona Republican office-holders are generally critical of the Independent Redistricting Commission, and had filed the lawsuit. They argued that the 2011 legislative plan should have created districts with greater equality of population, but the U.S. Supreme Court said 10% deviation for legislative districts is constitutional, as long as there appears no obvious partisan motive for the population deviation. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news and the link.
Attention SCOTUS math MORONS —
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 rigged pack/crack gerrymander districts = 1/4 or less CONTROL.
— the *or less* is part of the mere 10 percent deviation stuff allowed by the SCOTUS MORONS.
Primary math that nominates the gerrymander hacks is much, much, much worse.
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Save Democracy — esp. from SCOTUS math MORONS.
P.R. NOW —
Party Seats = Total Seats x Party Votes / Total Votes
The Harris case along with the earlier Evenwel case sets the stage for gerrymander Civil W-A-R II —
in the persons of the left Donkey and right Elephant Prez hack candidates in Nov. 2016.
See the 1860 gerrymander election producing Civil WAR I in 1861.
Way to go SCOTUS hacks in 2016 — just like the SCOTUS hacks in the Dred Scott case in 1857.
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