BREAKING IN PA: Court-drawn Congressional map is "Democrats' dream come true"

[RandySF]

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[Gothmog]

1. From my twitter feed

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[Wwcd]

2. Every State should be redrawn this same way.

Thanks for posting.
Very encouraging news for PA.

Enough is enough

[louis-t]

3. Watch for repugs to tip the checkerboard over

and storm out. They will talk of "fairness".

[Me.]

4. KR

[Roland99]

5. Who gives a flying fuck if Repukes do not like it??

Does it comply with the court’s ruling?

[Quixote1818]

6. I would assume it's a dream come true because it's fair and evenly divided to represent the pop.

of Dems and Repubs in each region?

[Gore1FL]

7. It's a dream come true to rationale people who believe in who want the system to work.

It's sad that electoral fairness and equitable representation is the goal of only one major party. It's even sadder that it's a dream that had to "come true."

Ah, the world we live in...

[Laxman]

8. I Disagree With That Characterization.....

"Democrat's dream come true". This is a fair and rational map that restores balance to a skewed electoral system. As such it will enure to the democrats' benefit by undoing the prior gerrymandered injustice. This map could have been skewed to the democrats benefit but was instead drawn fairly.

[LAS14]

10. I agree. Of course one would like to think..

... that Democrats dream of fairness. Some of us do....

[Laxman]

12. Isn't That Our Nature.....

and our curse. We strive for fairness and justice-as we should. Our opponents do not. You are correct. We dream of a world that is fair, just and peaceful.

[gratuitous]

11. I'll go with this

Why shouldn't a fair districting map be the dream of everyone in the political world? After a decade in which Republican won a disproportionate number of races because of unfair district lines, "fairness" would indeed be a decade of Democratic hegemony. Instead, the Supreme Court's map simply restores what should never have been so out of balance in the first place.

But for now? Let's contest every race in Pennsylvania, and see if we can't flip a district or two that Republicans "should" win.

[LanternWaste]

17. I don't. I think fairness and accuracy is the Democrats' dream come true

I don't. I think fairness and accuracy of voter representation in DC is the Democrats' dream come true, rather than one map and regardless of result...

[dalton99a]

9. In other words, what is equitable and fair.

[aggiesal]

13. What? It is fair? n/t

[TheFrenchRazor]

23. beat me to it; fairness and rationality clearly have a liberal bias. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. So do the Republicans have any recourse before the midterms?

Can they appeal and stall this until after using the old gerrymandered map and win, at which time they will use their new majority to stall this even further?

[Orange Free State]

21. I dont know who they could appeal to.

The US Supreme Court declined to get involved in an issue adjudicated solely on the Pa. State constitution, and the State Supreme Court is the entity that redrew the districts. So they are probably USC sans paddle. I don’t understand the part about using their new majority to stall further. The state legislature draws the US Congressional Districts. The Repukes will probably keep the State Houses, which means that they will probably be redrawing the districts again after the 2020 census. But at least there now is a legal precedent to keep the rotten bastards within the bounds of reasonable dishonesty.
I live in the new 14 th District. Oxycontistan before, Oxycontistan still......

[Cha]

15. We could use some Good News!

[Lee-Lee]

16. Now NC please!!!

[Dopers_Greed]

18. PA is a Democratic-leaning state

So of course a fair map is Dem's dream come true

[Chemisse]

19. We need fair maps everywhere, no matter who benefits. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

20. Hear, hear!

[Rainbow Droid]

22. Is "Basic Levels of Fairness" really Democrats "Dream Come True"?

I feel that yes, it is.

Can we please next see "Basic Levels of Fairness" in the American Justice System and in how our Police interact with our Citizens? Also, some "Basic Levels of Fairness" concerning the recent "wealth transfer" would be cool, as would some "Basic Levels of Fairness" in Healthcare.

Thx in advance.