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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: Federal Court orders Michigan districts redrawn for 2020
Detroit Michigan must redraw legislative and congressional districts for the 2020 elections because Republican lawmakers unconstitutionally gerrymandered current maps, a three-judge federal panel ruled Thursday.
The blockbuster ruling requires Michigan to conduct special state Senate elections for certain seats next year, cutting in half the four-year terms that current lawmakers are now serving.
The predominate purpose of the redistricting plan approved by the GOP-led Legislature in 2011 was to subordinate the interests of Democratic voters and entrench Republicans in power, said the unanimous decision written by U.S. Circuit Court Judge Eric Clay, an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton.
Therefore, the enacted plan constitutes a durable partisan gerrymander.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/25/michigan-gerrymandering/3576663002/
Siwsan
(26,333 posts)Especially Dan Kildee. He's a great Congressman.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Siwsan
(26,333 posts)He took up where Dale left off, and is doing a fantastic job. We couldn't wish for better representation.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Great guy, and glad to hear his district is still in good hands
Siwsan
(26,333 posts)Dale was a very close friend of one of my uncles. I always got a big hug, when ever I saw him at a political event.
Dan and his staff are just as involved and effective as was Dale's so we are in great hands.
progressoid
(50,021 posts)diva77
(7,684 posts)former9thward
(32,165 posts)The Supreme Court currently has two cases on gerrymandering and they should be decided by the end of June. All other cases, including this one from Michigan, will have to follow whatever the SC decides in their cases.
bluestarone
(17,128 posts)Wouldn't surprise me that they try to redraw map AFTER the 2020 election! Is this possible?
former9thward
(32,165 posts)We will just have to wait until the June decisions.
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)This was a tough battle, and now you've got the go-ahead. We did the same in Pennsylvania last year and it really made a difference for us. Several districts turned blue in 2018 because the new map was fairly (or almost fairly) drawn for the first time since before 2010.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)spanone
(135,950 posts)llmart
(15,569 posts)When I first moved to Michigan, my district was strongly Democratic until the gerrymandering and we ended up with Repugs all the time.
Wounded Bear
(58,793 posts)Turbineguy
(37,420 posts)How can republicans get elected if they can't cheat?