June 27, 2019, 09:16 AM
BamaJeepsterSCOTUS rules that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts-remedies left to states & Congress
This was the ruling in the North Carolina and Maryland cases that had been appealed to SCOTUS.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/p...-20190326-story.htmlThe court sends both the Maryland case and the North Carolina case back to the lower courts with instructions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction..
It's a 5-4 ruling - here's a link to the decision:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/o...8pdf/18-422_9ol1.pdfJune 27, 2019, 09:50 AM
BBMWI wonder what this does in states where courts already ruled against Gerrymandering?
June 27, 2019, 09:52 AM
BamaJeepsterquote:
Originally posted by BBMW:
I wonder what this does in states where courts already ruled against Gerrymandering?
Those decisions will stand, as they did in this case.
June 27, 2019, 10:24 AM
smschulzquote:
It's a 5-4 ruling
They said on TV it was 9-0, am I wrong?
June 27, 2019, 10:39 AM
BamaJeepsterquote:
Originally posted by smschulz:
quote:
It's a 5-4 ruling
They said on TV it was 9-0, am I wrong?
Direct from the linked decision:
quote:
ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which THOMAS,
ALITO, GORSUCH, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined. KAGAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which GINSBURG, BREYER, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ.,
joined.