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FBaggins

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5. Elias will have trouble helping much in VA

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 17, 2021, 09:05 AM

Oct 2021

If the commission doesn't draw the lines, the red-leaning state supreme court will (likely very close to these lines).

Who then do you appeal to? You could ask a federal district judge to overturn a state supreme court on racial grounds - and the 4th circuit might uphold it... but what chance is there of SCOTUS letting that stand?

The problem is... the map isn't particularly "gerrymandered" (certainly not when compared to the alternative proposed above). It just favors republicans because democrats "pack" themselves.

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Just When You Thought the VA Redistricting Commission Fiasco Couldn't Get Even Worse, It Looks Like [View all] TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP

If the commission fails - it goes to the red-leaning state Supreme Court, right? FBaggins Oct 2021 #1

Now, now, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #2

Oh man . ..... Lovie777 Oct 2021 #3

What evidence do you see gab13by13 Oct 2021 #4

Elias will have trouble helping much in VA FBaggins Oct 2021 #5

I don't know anyone including Elias himself who claims all will be fixed with ligation PortTack Oct 2021 #7

Hope it doesn't stand! Nothing bipartisan about that PortTack Oct 2021 #6