what impact will the Gerrymandering court cases have on midterms?

[bluestarone]

[shraby]

1. Depends on how they rule.

[bluestarone]

2. think they will before midterms?

[shraby]

5. Depends on their schedule, when the suits were brought and the makeup of the courts.

I think Wisconsin's gerrymandering is going down the tubes and Pennsylvania has already hit the skids. If they nix what different states did, they need to put a time limit to rectify the problem.

And it should have to be fixed before the midterms to be useful because the next election will be in 2020 and new districts will be delineated, in most cases without extreme gerrymandering.

In all states an independent and non-partisan group needs to be set up to redistrict them. Should have been done a hundred years ago.

[unblock]

3. I dont see new maps being drawn up, approved, and implemented in time to allow

reasonable campaigning before an election.

[bluestarone]

6. think purposly? seems like ALWAYS trouble at election time!

[unblock]

8. Oh no doubt republicans are dragging it out.

[cyclonefence]

13. Check out PA

State SC orders new lines drawn before Nov. elections based on *PA* constitution, not US, so no appeal to USSC--it's done and dusted.

[unblock]

14. A court ordering it is one thing. Getting it done is another

[MineralMan]

4. Very little, really. A few districts may have their boundaries

changed in time for the election, but even that might not happen, depending on what the individual states do. It may have more impact by 2020, but still not as much as you might think. It won't result in a wholesale redistricting.

What will have a much larger impact will be a strong GOTV effort by Democrats, combined with disgust with the behavior of Republicans. That could play out to make dramatic changes in the make-up of Congress in 2018. I hope that occurs. We need that to occur, and we can all participate in it.

[bluestarone]

9. yea that's what i was thinking

Just seems like the Repubs like it that way!!

[redstatebluegirl]

7. None, he is packing the courts with ultra conservative republican judges.

[cyclonefence]

10. PA's Supreme Court

recently ruled that gerrymandering is unconstitutional and lines must be redrawn before the November elections, so it *will* be done. Note that the PA case was brought on the basis of the PA state constitution, not the US constitution, so there is no further appeal on this. I expect the redrawing of districts will make a big difference.

[bluestarone]

11. i think it was appealed to SC?

last i heard not sure though.

[cyclonefence]

12. NO

That was my point--it went to the PA SC because the lawsuit was based on the PA constitution, not the US constitution. The USCS has no say in this matter. It's settled.

[bluestarone]

15. i think PA Repubs are arguing that decision tho. read below

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania-gerrymandering-case-republicans-justice-david-wecht-20180202.html

[bluestarone]

16. one paragraph from the site

Days later, Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay in the case, saying the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is essentially legislating from the bench, taking power that the U.S. Constitution gives to state legislatures.

[Demsrule86]

18. State are in charge of elections...doubt the Supremes will hear that case.

[Demsrule86]

17. There will be an effect but I still say we get the House back.