Conservatives lose key Supreme Court voting rights case
The court resolved that voting districts should be based on the general population, not just the voting population.
Click here for reuse options!At issue in the case was the “one person, one vote” principle dating back to the 1960s, when the court held that state legislative districts must be drawn so they are equal in population.
But, until Monday, justices never specified whether that doctrine applied to the general population or to the voting population. All states currently draw lines based on general population, but two conservative plaintiffs from Texas argued their vote was being diluted in relation to other districts that had the same number of people but fewer voters.
The Obama administration and state of Texas opposed the lawsuit. Civil rights groups watched the case carefully, fearful that if the court were to rule with the plaintiffs, it could potentially shift power from urban areas — districts that tend to include a higher percentage of individuals not eligible to vote such as non-citizens, released felons and children — to rural areas that are more likely to favor Republicans.
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jybarz April 4th, 2016 at 12:15
It looks like Scalia’s influence is fading.
bpollen April 4th, 2016 at 12:28
But the stank still lingers…
Suzanne McFly April 4th, 2016 at 12:43
I feel that the final nail in his coffin should be overturning Citizens United.
jybarz April 4th, 2016 at 12:59
And reinstating the Voting Rights Act Section 4 which allowed the Voter ID law in red states due it being overturned.
Richard Banville April 4th, 2016 at 12:58
Conservatives are unable to win elections unless they cheat or tip the scales in some way. They will try every dirty trick in the book, because they can’t win fair-and-square.
Tim Coolio April 4th, 2016 at 21:19
Which is why all Dems need to get out and vote this fall! to make up for the cheating they will try, IT’S ALL HANDS ON DECK!
William April 4th, 2016 at 13:26
We don’t need any more court appointed Presidents.
allison1050 April 4th, 2016 at 13:57
deliberately so.
arc99 April 4th, 2016 at 15:24
The vote was unanimous,
Is it just a coincidence that we have a unanimous vote on a nationally controversial issue, now that Justice Scalia’s powers of persuasion are no longer a factor?
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/275065-supreme-court-rules-states-can-use-total-population-in-redistricting
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that a state or locality is allowed to draw its legislative districts based on total population alone.
Tim Coolio April 4th, 2016 at 21:21
First the union win and now this, I’m lovin it,
with the Supreme Court, keep in mind, a 4-4 split
decision will uphold dozens of progressive ideas
from lower courts, Citizens United will get chipped
away, the ACA will be strengthened, abortion
upheld and strengthened and voters rights in favor
of a true United States where everybody has the
right to vote, all on appeal by conservatives from
lower court losses, in a split decision will be
upheld by the bench!
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Jimmy Fleck April 5th, 2016 at 16:18
The State of Texas was against this and no state has proposed moving to using actual voters to set boundaries. I am not sure what kind of victory the left thinks they won on this. It doesn’t sound like the powers in charge were interested in this.