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13 cases Supreme Court to Rule on.... - StLucieBengal - 05-27-2015
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-court-key-cases-2015-20150526-story.html#page=1
interesting to see them all. I am not an attorney so who knows how it will/should go...
RE: 13 cases Supreme Court to Rule on.... - GMDino - 05-27-2015
I'm very interested in this one:
Quote:Politicians and redistricting
The court will decide whether the voters or politicians can set the election districts for members of Congress. At least once a decade, new census data prompt states to redraw their districts. Party leaders can use this power to draw safe seats for their members. Upset by gerrymandering, voters in Arizona and California opted to create an independent commission to draw congressional districts. Arizona's Republican legislators want the Supreme Court to strike down these commissions and rule the Constitution reserves this power for "the legislature." The case of Arizona State Legislature vs. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission was heard in March.
Of the people, by the people? Or by the elected people?
RE: 13 cases Supreme Court to Rule on.... - StLucieBengal - 05-27-2015
(05-27-2015, 12:02 PM)GMDino Wrote: I'm very interested in this one:
Of the people, by the people? Or by the elected people?
Yeah I think that's been the case for both parties and probably one of the reasons why a third party can't break through.