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#312694 - 06/27/19 02:37 PM
Supreme Court vs. The People
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Carpal Tunnel
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I am prepared to be very depressed today. Two decisions expected today may put the final nail in the coffin of "free and fair" elections in the United States. The first nail was just hammered in when the Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is not a Constitutional issue. The next question is what the Court does with the Census.
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#312697 - 06/27/19 03:04 PM
Re: Supreme Court vs. The People
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Apparently the Court believes parties of irrelevance should control Congressional politics.
It sounds so Constitutional.
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#312705 - 06/27/19 11:07 PM
Re: Supreme Court vs. The People
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Are our Republican counterparts so bereft of all sense of decency and fair play that they believe there is something good and right about cheating to win elections? Yes.
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#312712 - 06/28/19 04:04 PM
Re: Supreme Court vs. The People
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Maybe I missed something here. No Republican state will outlaw it as it guarantees their continued political control of the several states AND it guarantees they will continue to have a significant presence in Congress So any state with a liberal supreme court No Republican state has a liberal court ergo any case demanding gerrymandering cease for whatever reason will be thrown out. You can not win with the fascists. They have rigged the system in their favor. The change will be in 2 or 3 generations.
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#312723 - 06/29/19 03:58 PM
Re: Supreme Court vs. The People
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Registered: 11/24/06
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Loc: Florida
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Florida has made some headway in that regard too, but the battle has been fierce. In its majority opinion Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court referenced Florida’s Constitution in asserting that states have the ability to solve this issue themselves Miami Herald
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