SCOTUS rules in favor of independent redistricting

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(06-30-2015, 03:17 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Oh I thought they were talking the AZ Constitution.

Basically what what Matt said. The question was whether or not the power of the people to enact any act equivalent to their state legislature, which is a power given to them in their constitution, meant they count as their legislature when interpreting the US constitution and its granting of House of Reps election powers to each of the states' legislatures.

So they had to decide either a) the people are not a "legislature" and are not given that power by the US constitution or b) the people do act as the legislature so the US constitution does give them that power.