Make a thread if you want to make a point.
I bet you’re wrong that it won’t get any attention from liberals.
His argument doesn’t have anything to do with Maryland. It’s the volume of states where republicans have gerrymandered lately which means that democratic voices will be more fairly represented as republican gerrymandering is overturned (versus democratic gerrymandering being overturned)…
" Wisconsin
- The case: Gill vs. Whitford is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Democrats alleged that Republicans in Wisconsin gerrymandered the electoral map to ultimately give them control of the State Assembly.
- Why it matters: If Democrats succeed, this would be the first time the Supreme Court strikes down a voting map on the grounds of partisan gerrymandering.
- Timeline: A ruling is expected to be made before the end of June. The state appealed a three-judge panel’s 2-1 ruling that the legislative redistricting drawn in 2011 was heavily skewed in their favor. In its Nov. 2016 decision, the lower court said Democrats got more votes than Republicans in Assembly races in 2012, yet Republicans were able to claim 60 of the 99 seats. It ordered the state to draw new maps by Nov. 1, a move the U.S. Supreme Court later blocked last June when it agreed to hear the case.
Maryland
- The case: The case centers on the 6th Congressional District in Western Maryland, which was redrawn in 2011 to include parts of heavily Democratic Montgomery County, The Baltimore Sun reports. Republican voters are arguing that the legislative and executive branches, controlled by Democrats, unfairly drew one of the state’s eight congressional districts in their favor.
- Why it matters: Republicans said it diluted their votes and cost an incumbent his seat.
- Timeline: The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case last December, and a decision is expected to be made before the end of June, per The Baltimore Sun. Last August, a three-judge federal court in Maryland ruled against the plaintiffs’ request to discontinue the use of the current congressional districts ahead of the 2018 midterm election.
Pennsylvania
- The case: A Commonwealth Court judge in the state ruled in late December that while the Congressional districts were drawn to give Republicans an advantage, they did not violate the state Constitution as the suit alleged, according to multiple reports. The judge recommended the high court reject the plaintiffs’ claims.
- Timeline: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments on Jan 17.
North Carolina
- The case: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s 2016 ruling that 28 of the state’s 170 electoral districts drawn by the Republican-led legislature in 2011 were unconstitutional because they diluted the political power of black voters.
- Why it matters: This is not the only effort to diminish the political influence of black voters who overwhelming vote Democratic. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court sustained the lower-court’s ruling that the state’s 2013 voter ID law and reduction in early voting were unconstitutional and discriminated against blacks "with almost surgical precision."
- Timeline: A three-judge federal court in the state met in December to review a series of proposed legislative district lines drawn by a "special master" the judges appointed last November.
Virginia
- The case: The Supreme Court of Virginia is reviewing a racially-charged case, known as Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, regarding the 2011 redrawing of the states’ House of Delegates district lines.
- Why it matters: The case centers on concerns that the map Virginia’s Republican-led legislature drew had deliberately packed black voters together to limit their influence so surrounding districts could be more winnable for GOP lawmakers.
- Timeline: A state federal court in 2015 ruled that race had not been the primary factor. But the U.S. Supreme Court told the lower court last March that the redistricting must be reexamined for racial bias.
Michigan
- The case: The state’s League of Women Voters and 11 Democrats filed a federal suit last December, challenging the congressional and legislative district lines crafted by Michigan’s Republican after the 2010 census, per The Associated Press. The plaintiffs asked the court to strike down the maps and ordered new electoral lines if the legislature does not pass a constitutional redistricting plan.
- Why it matters: If the Democrats are successful in this case, it could create an independent commission to draw Michigan’s districts.
- Timeline: The suit came days after a Michigan citizen-led group submitted more than 425,000 signatures for a 2018 redistricting ballot reform measure."
So the Maryland gerrymander is ok because it gives democrats more of a voice?
Ok…
Nice dodge. Let’s try this again, as you entirely avoided the most important part of that post:
What?
Did they rule on Ohio?
No, but it’s the most recent action taken regarding Ohio.
The most recent action taken regarding Maryland is that the highest court in the nation heard the case and are expected to rule on it some time this summer. There’s nothing much to discuss regarding Maryland because we’re waiting on a ruling. What exactly are we supposed to discuss about it until then?
The Ohio ruling literally just happened, so there’s actually something to talk about. And in the OP’s article:
Ohio legislators are almost certain to appeal the ruling, which would go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
And when it inevitably goes to the SC and is ruled upon, it will also be talked about.
There’s no reason this should need to be explained.
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It seems O’Malley, and those around him responsible for redistricting Maryland in 2010, “felt an obligation to push back against rank, extreme, Republican gerrymandering that was going on in many states across the United States.”
“I did everything in my power to draw a map that would be more favorable to the election of a Democratic congressional delegation.”
O’Malley now wants the Supreme Court to scrap his map, “our country and our democracy is not served well by partisan redistricting, and if this is one of the ways we make progress for our republic, we’re glad to be part of it.”
I hope after reading the thread you started today, you will realize that you were wrong in this post.
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Yes.
And?
In 2012, Romney won 12 out of Ohio’s 16 Congressional districts while losing Ohio to Obama by 2.9%. Part of the reason for that was gerrymandering, but another reason for that is that urban areas have become more Democratic-leaning while rural areas have become more Republican-leaning. While Romney won 71 out of Ohio’s 88 counties, he lost Cuyahoga county (home of Cleveland) by as much as 39.7%. Hamilton county (home of Cincinnati) used to be a Republican-leaning county in Ohio. In 2004, Bush won Hamilton county by 5.4% while Trump lost Hamilton county by 10.2% in 2016. Trump was able to win Ohio by winning as many as 80 out of the 88 counties in that state.
You didnt read my first post here huh…
But it seems like all you have is a deflection to Maryland and that’s all you want to discuss…so I’ll leave you to it.
Funny how democrats never had a problem with gerrymandering for over 4 decades until republicans taken the house and did their own gerrymandering. Now libs have a problem with it.
Again libs demand republicans do what they refuse too do for themselves.
Are you talking about Ohio?
Can you be more specific?
