[fwdude]

Paul Clement is a busy man. He’s also defending DOMA against the Sodomite-in-Chief.

[OldNavyVet]

The only way to clean up this arbitrary mess lies in going to a verifiable random process routine.

Talk to a mathematician (like me). It can be done.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[johniegrad]

There is no way a three person panel should be able to make decisions on how to redistrict a state. It is both insane that they would rule on the redistricting and then REDISTRICT THEMSELVES. Who the hell do these federales think they are?

One of the reasons I supported Perry was that I saw him as the best person to understand and attempt to roll back the federal governments impingement on state and individual rights.

Admittedly, I may be wrong about that but I like the chances of someone from Texas taking on the feds rather than a Masshole.

[X-spurt]

The SCOTUS mmay prove to be some counterweight to nobama, i.e. EPA and redistricting and potentially nobamacare.

I seem to remember a snippet from history lessons that the SCOTUS had similar counter effect against FDR’s rampant socialism.

On a larger scale maybe the Constitutional system does work, just that on the smaller scale the liberals are incermentalizing us to death.

[BuckeyeTexan]

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[BuckeyeTexan]

Ping to a little bit of Perry campaign info in the article.

[Graewoulf]

I live and vote in Texas.

Texas has made it illegal to write in one’s choice for a political office.

I suggest to the Court that the anti write in law is unconstitutional, because it restricts a voters freedom of choice.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor cut him off, saying that Section 5 means the maps cannot be used for any purpose until they gain final approval. At one point Monday, the court's proceedings became heated when, after Justice Stephen Breyer repeatedly interrupted Clement, Chief Justice John Roberts intervened to enable Clement to finish his answer. The issues in this case echo Perry's campaign emphasis on federalism and the 10th Amendment. He argues that Texans should be able to decide how to draw their election districts without interference from Washington so long as they don't violate the Constitution or federal law. Other VRA cases are headed toward the Supreme Court, so voting rights could become a major issue in the 2012 election. A decision in Perry v. Perez is expected within weeks.

BUMP!

Thank you for the post.

[SharpRightTurn]

“two federal district judges have nullified the will of the people in Texas. . . . In Texas, a three-judge federal district court heard arguments that the new map violates Section 2 of the VRA, which makes it illegal for states to enact voting changes with the purpose or effect of reducing racial minorities’ voting strength. . . . The court held in a 2-1 decision that Texas’ new map violates Section 2. So the federal court drew its own maps for the people of Texas — assigning to them a completely different lineup of districts for the Texas legislature and Texas members of the U.S. House. . . . Yet two judges swept aside those admonitions, drawing districts out of whole cloth based on what they called “fairness” and the “collective public good.” They created what are called “minority coalition opportunity districts” in which a majority of the population is made up of the combined totals for blacks, Hispanics and other racial minorities.”

I think I read that one of the two federale judges who came up with their own ethnic gerrymandered districts was a Hispanic that had been recommended by Perry and picked by Bush.

[MSF BU]

This is an example of why it is SO IMPORTANT for the GOP to take back the presidency. We don’t need another Kagan on the USSC or we are screwed.