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Supreme Court Hands Democrats a Win in Louisiana​

The justices ordered Louisiana Republicans to redraw the state's congressional map to include a second minority district.


And also ....

US Supreme Court turns away case on charter school's mandatory skirts for girls​

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/www.msn.com.icoReuters|48 minutes ago
By Andrew Chung(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a North Carolina public charter school's defense of its blocked requirement that girls wear skirts - a student uniform

 

[jaF0]

"On Monday, the Court dismissed a GOP-led appeal from the state to push through with a new congressional map that civil rights groups argued would weaken the voting rights of Louisiana's Black residents. The plaintiffs argued that Black residents in the state would be able to elect their candidate of choice in only one of six congressional districts, despite accounting for a third of the state's population.

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Monday's announcement comes just weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling about an Alabama congressional map. The justices ordered the state to redraw the map to allow for another Black-majority district in the state, where Black residents account for 27 percent of the population."



https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-hands-democrats-win-louisiana-1809025

 

[HisArpy]

The convolutions behind minority based electoral districts makes my brain hurt.

 

[RoryN]

The convolutions behind minority based electoral districts makes my brain hurt.

Water makes your brain hurt, buddy.

 

[jaF0]

And again ......


"WASHINGTON (CN) — North Carolina lawmakers failed Tuesday to win over the U.S. Supreme Court with a controversial theory that could hand state legislatures unchecked power over elections.

"State courts retain the authority to apply state constitutional restraints when legislatures act under the power conferred upon them by the Elections Clause," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the 6-3 majority. "But federal courts must not abandon their own duty to exercise judicial review." "


"Lawmakers used the independent state legislature theory in their arguments before the court, claiming that state legislatures hold supremacy over federal elections. While state courts normally serve as a check on lawmakers, the independent state legislature theory takes away that check. Lawmakers would be able to pass bills that violate the state constitution without state courts stepping in to stop them. "


https://www.courthousenews.com/supr...ion-theory-that-would-save-gerrymandered-map/


Basically, the 'Pubs claimed they could do what they wanted and no one, not even the courts could counter them. They wanted to entirely discard the principles of checks and balances.

 

[Dribble]

They also threw out the bullshit NC challenge. It is simple people. You don't want the Federal Govt overturning decisions you say belong to the State. So when a State makes a choice...you can't go whining the Supreme Court. If the Democratic States were smart...they would start making the Democratic policy changes at the State level...and let the shit Republican States rot.

 

[HisArpy]

They also threw out the bullshit NC challenge. It is simple people. You don't want the Federal Govt overturning decisions you say belong to the State. So when a State makes a choice...you can't go whining the Supreme Court. If the Democratic States were smart...they would start making the Democratic policy changes at the State level...and let the shit Republican States rot.

I'm good with this.

And of course if you know how to count you can discover how many more red states there are than blue states.

 

[HisArpy]

And again ......


Basically, the 'Pubs claimed they could do what they wanted and no one, not even the courts could counter them. They wanted to entirely discard the principles of checks and balances.

This actually isn't the way it happened. Everyone is confused because the reporters who wrote the story had their heads up their asses at the time and (not surprisingly) suddenly discovered that their pencils didn't have any lead in them.

What happened was:

The NC legislature did the Gerrymandering thing like they always do no matter who is in the majority. Someone pissed and moaned about it and sued. The state court said they didn't have jurisdiction to hear the case because the US Constitution placed that power solely in the hands of the legislature. Case dismissed.

The loser pitched a fit and appealed. Everyone passed the buck until the SCOTUS finally said that state courts do indeed have jurisdiction to rule on election laws and tossed it back.


On the one hand, this seems like a clear case where the Separation of Powers doctrine should apply. Under that Doctrine the courts have no jurisdiction to review the legislative decisions made pursuant to a grant of sole authority. The problem with that is...

What the court kind of said, and very poorly at that, is that they have jurisdiction to review the decisions of the legislature for abuse of their powers because the judicial branch has a mandate to review the laws made by the legislature as to constitutionality of those laws. Under that mandate, the courts would have jurisdiction to hear cases involving state elections laws.

What they said the courts cannot do is substitute their judicial decisions in place of the grant of authority to the State legislatures. This means the courts cannot draw districting maps themselves (either the court doing so itself or via a special master acting at the courts directive) and then impose those maps on the state. All the court can do is rule whether the map was properly drawn pursuant to the law or not.


I don't expect this decision to be definitive on the issue. It's too much a consensus decision and not clearly outlined.

 

[Lazaran]

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The real bottom line is that the drawing of election maps should not be left in the hands of a partisan legislature . There is a glaringly obvious conflict of interest.

Gerrymandering is a fucking national disgrace which has facilitated the elections of the most extreme candidates.

JFC

SAD!!!