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Andrew Chung at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-election/justice-kennedy-on-hot-seat-in-major-voting-rights-case-idUSKCN1C81P2
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court justices clashed on Tuesday over whether courts should curb the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps to entrench one party in power, with conservative Anthony Kennedy likely to cast the deciding vote.
The nine justices heard an hour of arguments in the major voting rights case out of Wisconsin involving the practice known as partisan gerrymandering. Their ruling, due by June, could have an impact on U.S. elections for decades by setting standards for when electoral districts are laid out with such extreme partisan aims that they deprive voters of their constitutional rights.
Kennedy, who sometimes sides with the courts liberal justices in big rulings, did not definitively tip his hand on how he would rule but posed tough questions to Wisconsins lawyers that signaled his aversion to electoral districts drawn to give one party a lopsided advantage in elections.
Liberal justices voiced sympathy for the Democratic voters who challenged the Republican-drawn legislative map in Wisconsin as a violation of their constitutional rights. Conservative justices expressed doubt about whether courts should intervene in such highly political disputes, and questioned the challengers legal standing to bring the case. The court has a 5-4 conservative majority.
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Hassin Bin Sober
(26,325 posts)Politicians in robes.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)violated the first amendment.
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Gorsuch compared it to a steak rub.He's an asshole.
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Milhiser said according to what he heard today partisan gerrymandering will be a thing of the past. I'm not holding my breath , though
applegrove
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(7,640 posts)It's quite evident now that he will do or say anything to keep rethugs in power
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