Democrats realize they've lost control of the system so they now want it to be 'independent'.
Well, there goes California..................
And of course the Democrat redistricting would be so much more fair than the Republican redistricting. It would be true to the Democracy that is the United States (in their minds), vs the Republic set out in our Constitution.
California wants to write all the laws for the USA.
I’m serious!
When has any State law from a Conservative State ever been adopted in CA?
Never has, never will.
They want to tell other states what to do? Go to he!! California.....likely already there.
Why don’t they try it in California, and see how it works out first?
Congress can’t impose restrictions on states’ redistricting laws/practices. That’s why SCOTUS ruled the way they did — the issue is properly left up to the states.
Stuffing the ballot box is a NECESSITY for the RATS. Yes, they are in a panic. Cheating, lying, crime are their tools for “success” at the ballot box. Been that way since Tammany Hall....
Their bill explicitly does what the Supreme Court just said they cannot do.
They addressed the election of Representatives to Congress in the Elections Clause,cArt. I, §4, cl. 1, assigning to state legislatures the power to prescribe the “Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections” for Members of Congress, while giving Congress the power to “make or alter” any such regulations. Congress has regularly exercised its Elections Clause power, including to address partisan gerrymandering. But the Framers did not set aside all electoral issues as questions that only Congress can resolve.
They completely misunderstand the court’s ruling. It is the STATE LEGISLATURES’ place to set districts in their states, not the courts, not Congress, and not unelected bureaucrats.
A nice history of how we came to have congressional districts, as opposed to state-wide elections for representatives, in the first place:
http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=1724
“independent”.. yeah , right, Zoe.