NYTimes analysis of Gerrymandering decision offers ray of hope

[greenman3610]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/what-is-gerrymandering.html


On my reading, it appears that reforms such as we have seen in Michigan and Ohio
will hold up.
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The decision seemed likely to hasten the efforts already underway to challenge tilted maps in state courts. Some state constitutions offer more favorable legal grounds for attacking gerrymanders than the national Constitution does. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map last year based solely on the State Constitution, and Democrats went on to score major gains in the 2018 House elections in the state.

It will probably also give new momentum to citizen-led campaigns to take map-drawing away from state politicians entirely, and give the task to independent redistricting commissions instead. Ballot initiatives last year in Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Colorado and Utah overhauled the redistricting process in those states, and advocacy groups are preparing similar campaigns in Virginia and elsewhere.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Citizens for those states without an independent redistricting commission get your

Propositions on a ballot....make your voice heard....AZ tried to overturn prop 106 by maligning the chairwoman..Mathis..US Supreme court...nope...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistricting_in_Arizona

[Wounded Bear]

2. The good part of it that I took from the commentary...

is that if we win at the state level the Repubs will not be able to appeal to the USSC.

The other part is that it appears to open the door to Congress doing something at the national level legislatively that they wouldn't necessarily overturn. But currently, that is impossible with the current Senate situation. We need that win.

Small victories in a rather big defeat.

But the fight isn't over. The good guys have actually been winning in many states so far.

[Iliyah]

3. The rate the economy is failing

even gerrymandering won't help Republicans.