Gerrymandering

[funhusker]

Any idea when a ruling will be made?  

[Kiyoat Husker]

1 hour ago, RedDenver said:

[...] it's far from a certainty as Kennedy has done the opposite 39% of the time. ....

 

 

 

Here's another fun fact:  SCOTUS cases take an average of 81 days from opening arguments to decision.

 

I guess I could un-clench a little

 

[Moiraine]

This is one of the most important cases of our time. It will make a big impact on the future.

[BigRedBuster]

Very surprised we haven't heard anything about this.  A simple google search of "gerrymandering supreme court case" shows the last article written on October 5th.  That's 4 weeks ago today.

 

Thought I remember reading somewhere that a decision would be usually in a couple weeks.

[Kiyoat Husker]

On 10/5/2017 at 1:04 PM, funhusker said:

Any idea when a ruling will be made?  

 

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Very surprised we haven't heard anything about this.  A simple google search of "gerrymandering supreme court case" shows the last article written on October 5th.  That's 4 weeks ago today.

 

Thought I remember reading somewhere that a decision would be usually in a couple weeks.

 

According to the omnipotent Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_v._Whitford

 

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A decision in the case is expected by June 2018.

 

By then we will be knee-deep in dissecting the new coach's first full recruiting efforts...

Edited November 2, 2017 by Kiyoat Husker

[Kiyoat Husker]

Here's some recent "news"

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/report-robin-vos-confronted-john-kasich-over-wisconsin-redistricting-position/article_6252e787-d7b2-5bc5-baf0-36341816abcb.html

 

John Kasich (R)  is getting some heat from Republicans for taking an anti-gerrymandering stance on this case.  Was called a "traitor"to his party. Ha!

 

I dislike John a lot less than the other former GOP candidates.  This is some common-sense stuff that shouldn't be a partisan issue.  IIRC he is moderate in some other areas, as well.  Moderates don't always fare well in primaries, but would be better in office, IMHO.

[BigRedBuster]

25 minutes ago, Kiyoat Husker said:

Here's some recent "news"

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/report-robin-vos-confronted-john-kasich-over-wisconsin-redistricting-position/article_6252e787-d7b2-5bc5-baf0-36341816abcb.html

 

John Kasich (R)  is getting some heat from Republicans for taking an anti-gerrymandering stance on this case.  Was called a "traitor"to his party. Ha!

 

I dislike John a lot less than the other former GOP candidates.  This is some common-sense stuff that shouldn't be a partisan issue.  IIRC he is moderate in some other areas, as well.  Moderates don't always fare well in primaries, but would be better in office, IMHO.

 

He's who I wanted to vote for last year.

[Danny Bateman]

1 hour ago, Kiyoat Husker said:

Moderates don't always fare well in primaries, but would be better in office, IMHO.

 

There's your problem. No one who is moderate/sane enough to win a general election/be a good president can win a GOP primary.

 

This isn't yet the case on the left, but Democrats haven't nominated some radical socialist or communist, yet, either.

[RedDenver]

5 minutes ago, dudeguyy said:

 

There's your problem. No one who is moderate/sane enough to win a general election/be a good president can win a GOP primary.

 

This isn't yet the case on the left, but Democrats haven't nominated some radical socialist or communist, yet, either.

I don't think you have to be moderate to be a good President, but you have to be sane.

 

And you need to be able to build consensus, both in Congress and with the American people. LBJ went primarily through Congress using political threats; JFK went through the American people using speeches; Reagan went through the American people using a series of TV spots. FDR used a combination of all three.

[Danny Bateman]

VA Dems won the statewide vote count by 9 points but it's only good enough for a tie of in the state House.

 

We need fair redistricting.

 

 

[BigRedBuster]

An interesting read on the subject.

 

 

[Danny Bateman]

On 12/14/2017 at 3:01 PM, BigRedBuster said:

An interesting read on the subject.

 

 

 

Their entire podcast series on the subject is worth a listen. I think they're only a couple of episodes deep. One of them gives a good history of what happened with the Wisconsin district maps that led up to their being challenged in the Supreme Court.

[BigRedBuster]

 

[Moiraine]

What is wrong with North Carolina? They have been in the news constantly, and always for bad stuff.

 

[knapplc]

In case anyone thinks this is accidental on the part of the GOP.