Supreme Court Rulings on Gerrymandering and Citizenship Question in the Census

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 1:47pm |

The U.S. Supreme Court has shut its doors to partisan gerrymandering—a major blow to democracy & a ruling that will haunt this Court. What this means, how things will get worse, how they can get better… Let’s map it all out. #fairmaps #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/hV9W87ZriG
— T.M. Wolf (@tomTMwolf) June 27, 2019

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Justice Roberts: "The Framers also gave Congress the power to do something about partisan gerrymandering in the Elections Clause. That avenue for reform established by the Framers, and used by Congress in the past, remains open." #SCOTUS abdicated. Pass #HR1 #ForThePeople.
— Wendy Weiser (@WendyRWeiser) June 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 1:53pm

Liz Warren:

Today the Supreme Court threw up its hands & declared it can’t rein in partisan gerrymandering – can’t protect Americans’ constitutional rights to participate in their democracy equally & choose their representatives. It's a shameful blow to the functioning of our democracy.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 1:54pm

Nate Silver:

One thing I'm *pretty* sure people get wrong* is that Democrats disadvantage in districting/gerrymandering does not come from cities being denser than rural areas per se. 1/3

* I've thought about this a lot but am still not 100% sure my intuition is right.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 27, 2019

Rather, it's that the bluest contiguous areas (which happen to be urban and dense) are bluer than the reddest contiguous areas (which happen to be rural) are red. 2/3
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 27, 2019

In a hypothetical world where certain rural areas were *extremely red* (e.g. 80%+ GOP voting), as red as some urban cores are blue (e.g. 80%+ DEM voting), the GOP would have more problems with districting and could more easily be gerrymandered. 3/3
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 1:58pm

All this shows is that Silver hasn't been following this story. I've read countless articles discussing the divide between low density red rural areas and high density blue urban areas. A "natural" divide exists that gerrymandering takes advantage of.

by ocean-kat on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 2:18pm

Waiting to see how Eric Holder and other gerrymandering opponents respond to this.

by rmrd0000 on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 2:06pm

Eric Holder slams Supreme Court gerrymandering case: "This decision tears at the fabric of our democracy" https://t.co/nB0dbz0Y7D pic.twitter.com/JSFXuWRgHv
— The Hill (@thehill) June 27, 2019

With partisan gerrymandering decision (plus Citizens United/Shelby) Roberts Court has entered a new political Lochner era. This decision tears at the fabric of our democracy and puts the interests of the established few above the many. History will not be kind in its assessment.
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) June 27, 2019

In the Census case there is NO way any neutral court could uphold the effort to include the citizenship question. The record/new documents conclusively demonstrate that the Administration was lying about its intentions. This cannot be ignored and the question cannot be allowed.
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) June 27, 2019

Let me be very clear. In spite of the troubling Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling we continue to fight. We still have both more tools and the strong will to bring fairness to our democracy. We need concerned citizens to join us. Nothing worth having comes easy. We can do this
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) June 27, 2019

Hey Scott - how can you possibly justify the gerrymandering you supervised in Wisconsin? Democrats got way more votes and far fewer seats. Anti-democratic. Can you win a fair election? And putting up a picture of two black guys is an example of the worst of us. And you. https://t.co/7vCnXVORKb
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) June 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 2:19pm

Holder brings up the citizenship question because they also ruled on that, against the administration "for now":

The #SupremeCourt has ruled that the Trump administration cannot include a citizenship question on #Census2020 -- for now. In this episode of #Legalese, Professor Joshua Geltzer (@jgeltzer) predicts this decision will be the "last major word" on a critical issue. pic.twitter.com/ImgyAxGbjy
— Georgetown Law (@GeorgetownLaw) June 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 2:30pm

On the citzenship/census ruling, Neal Katyal retweeted Adam Schiff's comment on the NPR breaking story:

We know the purpose of adding a citizenship question to the Census: to suppress participation in immigrant communities for partisan reasons.

Today, five Supreme Court Justices saw through the Trump Administration's pretext.

For now, the integrity of the census is preserved. https://t.co/d1aEGfLpIi
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) June 27, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/27/2019 - 2:36pm

Trump’s sycophants attack "traitor" Chief Justice John Roberts after census ruling https://t.co/EXPS0X6bTM
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 28, 2019

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 1:12pm

Don's having trouble with this Constutution and Democracy thing right now - which could be his most impeachable offense to date, since his job doesn't exactly give him the right to blow up the Constitution when he's unhappy with it - quite the opposite - his main job description is supporting the Constitution. The big dumb thieving hairball.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/28/2019 - 4:48pm

Obama on gerrymandering, promoting that which was indicated by the ruling, make new law:

The most important job in our democracy is citizen. If you’re tired of politicians manipulating maps and ignoring the will of voters, I hope you’ll sign @allontheline’s Citizen Commitment today: https://t.co/CUAaoAGY6z
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 1, 2019

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/01/2019 - 9:13pm

Supreme Court Rulings on Gerrymandering and Citizenship Question in the Census

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