Ana the Ist
Aggressively serene!
I suspected as much....but figured I'd give you a chance anyway.
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That's sweet of you.I suspected as much....but figured I'd give you a chance anyway.
That's sweet of you.
FWIW. He voted his conscience BOTH times.Kavanaugh was brought in to kill Roe. He did that. Nuw he feels free to vote his conscience.
That's funny, I thought they were supposed to vote in accordance with the law.FWIW. He voted his conscience BOTH times.
Evil fence? I am guessing “evil farce”?FWIW. He voted his conscience BOTH times.
This is just more evil fence that the Court is acting independent of party lines and looking at each case on its merit.
Evidence - stoopid spell check - thanks for catching that.Evil fence? I am guessing “evil farce”?
Either way, it is a striking phrase.
Can the two not be the same?That's funny, I thought they were supposed to vote in accordance with the law.
Well, yes, but not always and not necessarily. There must be room for conscientious objection in a free society.Can the two not be the same?
Yup and now I am mocking my typo - what is your complaint about me personally this time?Weren't you mocking my typo the other day?
Whoops!Florida too.
Florida judge rules DeSantis’ redistricting map unconstitutional over impact on Black voters
Central to the case is former U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., whose district splintered under the new map. The lawmaker, who is black, had previously enjoyed support from a wide base of Black voters in the district, but he lost his race by 20 points under the new map.
Republicans in the Florida legislature had previously introduced a redistricting map that likely would have allowed Lawson to win re-election, but the DeSantis administration put forward its own version of the map and vowed to veto any other.
I've gotten lost, but...OP is Alabama, but similar nonsense is going on in Louisiana. It's more complicated than an episode of Soap, but...
Supreme Court agrees with delay on drawing new Louisiana congressional map
The Louisiana case is something of a legal quagmire. Last year, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick found that the map enacted by the Republican-led legislature dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters and probably violates the Voting Rights Act.
The judge directed the legislature to draw a new map. But it did not, and the legal battle was renewed.
In June 2022, the Supreme Court put the case on hold while it considered a similar one from Alabama [the OP]; the 2022 congressional elections took place under the map approved by the legislature.
The Supreme Court also released its hold on the Louisiana case, sending it back to lower courts. [where the original Judge Dick would be trying to sort things out]
But at the state’s request, a different panel of the 5th Circuit stepped in with a command that Dick stop proceedings in the case, in part because she had not given the Louisiana legislature another opportunity to draw a new map.
The legislature imposed its map over a veto from Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) and has not shown interest in creating a new one.
[And now SCOTUS has agreed that the legislature be given an opportunity to do what it's not showing any signs of doing.
Will the legislature be able to run out the clock and use the defective map again in 2024? Stay tuned.]
Topsy Turvy WorldI've gotten lost, but...
Federal judges strike down La. congressional map with second Black-majority district
The ruling is the latest in a broader set of legal challenges to electoral maps across the South. The outcome of these suits is likely to play a crucial role in deciding which party controls the House next year. The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in a South Carolina case and could get involved in the Louisiana case.