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KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 01:47 PM Oct 2014

Supreme Court rejects appeal in SC redistricting case

Source: Associated Press

The Supreme Court has left intact South Carolina's redrawn state house and congressional maps.

The justices on Monday rejected without comment an appeal from black South Carolina voters who wanted the justices to take another look at the state's new lines for state house and congressional districts.

The high court previously upheld the new lines in a 2012 decision. But opponents asked a lower court to set aside that ruling in light of another recent Supreme Court decision that struck down a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Read more: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20141006/WIRE/141009779/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Supreme-Court-rejects-appeal-in-SC-redistricting-case



Gerrymandering voting districts to dilute minority votes and guarantee Republican rule is OK with the Roberts Court.

Right-wing, GOP hacks in robes.





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Supreme Court rejects appeal in SC redistricting case (Original Post) KeepItReal Oct 2014 OP
this is what happens when we fight among ourselves and let repugs run the White House samsingh Oct 2014 #1
Don't forget to vote in hte midterms! MynameisBlarney Oct 2014 #4
Today seems to be their day to refuse to work. malthaussen Oct 2014 #2
The Alabama case: Quotas are OK - only when we use them for Black voting districts KeepItReal Oct 2014 #3

samsingh

(17,571 posts)
1. this is what happens when we fight among ourselves and let repugs run the White House
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 01:48 PM
Oct 2014

i will support whoever wins the Democratic nomination

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
2. Today seems to be their day to refuse to work.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 01:52 PM
Oct 2014

They've been rejecting appeals like crazy. But they did agree to hear the Alabama redistricting case in this session. Also Arizona.

-- Mal

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
3. The Alabama case: Quotas are OK - only when we use them for Black voting districts
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 02:00 PM
Oct 2014
Alabama redistricting: Democrats and black lawmakers contend that Republican leaders in Alabama drew a new legislative map that illegally packed black voters into too few voting districts to limit minority political power. Republicans say they complied with the law by keeping the same number of districts in which black voters could elect candidates of their choice.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/alabama-redistricting-supreme-courts-docket-new-term-begins-monday/


So even if the Black population there triples, same voting outcome: no new Democratic seats in the Statehouse or Congress. GOP power preserved.

This is a no-brainer....Roberts Court sides with Republican leaders in 'Bama.
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