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Supreme Court to take Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case, delays order to re-do districts...
Madison.com ^ | June 19, 2017

Posted on 06/19/2017 5:08:03 PM PDT by SMGFan

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will decide in its next term a case brought by Democratic voters in Wisconsin who argue that state legislative districts are unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. In a separate decision, the court put on hold a lower court order that the state draw new boundaries.

The action was announced in a list of orders that the court issued Monday. Arguments would likely be heard in the fall

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: districts; voting; wisconsin
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To: SMGFan
How many Blacks would there be in Congress if it weren't for Gerrymandering?

The Democrats need to be careful for what they wish for.

21 posted on 06/19/2017 8:51:37 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: SMGFan

How come Wisconsin’d districts get tossed, but the suit against Maryland’s most partisan gerrymander in the nation (look especially at Md-3 and Md-2) got thrown out?


22 posted on 06/19/2017 9:12:58 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: ptsal

Shocking! See what a good prognosticator I am?


23 posted on 06/20/2017 9:13:53 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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