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Texas lawmakers illegally drew 3 voting districts on racial lines, court rules
SAN ANTONIO, March 11 (Reuters) - Texas lawmakers drew up three U.S. congressional districts to undermine the influence of Hispanic voters, a divided panel of three federal judges ruled, in the latest development in a years-long battle over gerrymandering.
In the decision announced late on Friday, U.S. District Judges Xavier Rodriguez and Orlando Garcia in San Antonio found that the districts' shapes diluted minority voters' power, either by splitting communities into different districts or concentrating minorities in a single area to limit their sway.
"When done to minimize Hispanic electoral opportunity, it bears the mark of intentional discrimination," wrote Rodriguez and Garcia, who were appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush and former Democratic President Bill Clinton, respectively....
In the decision, the majority wrote that in redrawing the southwestern 23rd Congressional district, for example, map makers moved 600,000 voters between districts and fractured a heavily Latino county in a deliberate effort to lessen Hispanic voter turnout...
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...line/21879978/
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FUCK THE POLICE (03-12-2017)
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Doesn't this seem contradictory?
""either by splitting communities into different districts or concentrating minorities in a single area to limit their sway.""
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Not really. I interpret it that minorities were put into major republican districts where their votes wouldn't affect the outcome the GOP wanted.Originally Posted by cawacko
They did this in PA also, not with minorities but with Democrats v. Republicans.
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zappasguitar (03-11-2017)
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i'm curious, did the judges read the minds of the legislators to come up with their reasoning?
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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Call me crazy but ya think maybe documents were provided as evidence?
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Biden likes little girls
Another case of unelected judges repealing laws written by elected officials.
Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!
THE BIG LIE - Blacks and whites are different physically but identical mentally!
There is no way 81 million americans voted for a man they know is a child molester w dementia. Impeach Joe the Pedophile Vegetable (JPV)
FUCK THE POLICE (03-12-2017)
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did those documents include statements from legislators stating things like 'we can minimize the minority vote'????????
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
Biden likes little girls
And both judges are hispanic!!In the decision announced late on Friday, U.S. District Judges Xavier Rodriguez and Orlando Garcia in San Antonio found that the districts' shapes diluted minority voters' power, either by splitting communities into different districts or concentrating minorities in a single area to limit their sway.
Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!
THE BIG LIE - Blacks and whites are different physically but identical mentally!
There is no way 81 million americans voted for a man they know is a child molester w dementia. Impeach Joe the Pedophile Vegetable (JPV)
FUCK THE POLICE (03-12-2017)
Granule (03-13-2017)
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Not that explicitly.
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Since the last round of redistricting, after the 2010 Census, [Pennsylvania’s] congressional map has been widely cited as one of the country’s most heavily gerrymandered – the term for when legislative maps are drawn to favor one party, either in a particular district or across an entire state.
One Washington Post analysis put the Delaware County-based 7th in the nation’s top 10 most rigged congressional districts, based on its sprawling outline as it spreads across five counties.
The practice is usually carried out by state legislatures, which control redistricting in most states. The process happens after every Census, and after 2010 helped Republicans in Pennsylvania (and Democrats in some other states) tilt competitive areas in their favor, making swing districts a bit more friendly, and helping boost their numbers in Congress.
The meandering 7th district, for example, was won by Democrats as recently as 2008. But Republican Pat Meehan took it in 2010, it was redrawn shortly after and he hasn’t seen a close election since.
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/c...mandering.html
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so those judges made decisions on what they 'believed' they could garner from the actions of a few. yeah, I know how that can be.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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""In the decision, the majority wrote that in redrawing the southwestern 23rd Congressional district, for example, map makers moved 600,000 voters between districts and fractured a heavily Latino county in a deliberate effort to lessen Hispanic voter turnout.""
Is the implication here that Latino turnout would be less if there is not a Latino candidate running?
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so those judges made decisions on what they 'believed' they could garner from the actions of a few. yeah, I know how that can be.
Please. Why is gerrymandering done at all?
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#AMERICAISDEAD
So glad democrat party doesn't gerrymander
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because partisan morons like yourself continue to vote in people based on the party letter after their name instead of using their brains and principles.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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