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goobergunch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:26 AM
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Pa. redistricting case may set path for U.S. on role of politics
By Amy Worden
Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau

HARRISBURG - Less than a year before the 2002 general election, state Republicans presented their new map of Pennsylvania's congressional districts.

It was immediately apparent the map would shake the political landscape, and it did: Two longtime Democratic congressmen lost their jobs that fall, and Republicans dominated the new delegation sent to Washington earlier this year.

Angry Democrats challenged the new map in court, arguing it was the result of blatant partisan gerrymandering.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in that case, which will determine how big a role party politics can play in the drawing of voting districts. Legal experts say that it ranks among the most important cases the court has considered in the realm of politics in the last half-century - and that its decision will shape the electoral process for decades.

more...http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/7454525.htm
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:33 AM
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1. Thanks for the heads up!
Details like this don't make prime time TV! Just important things like Turkey dinners do that!
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:48 AM
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2. Great. Now the Supreme Court gets to decide HOW our votes are
counted. It's deja vu all over again.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 08:55 AM
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3. Maybe the Supremes will end this crap,..
,...and establish a precedent pandering to the voters rather than the politicians,...I hope, I hope, I hope!!!
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 09:02 AM
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4. Not with the Felonious Five
The Supreme Court is neither Supreme nor is it a court, though they have been trying lately to pretened they care about the Rule of Law.

The Felonious Five will rule for the Busheviks. They ARE Busheviks.

End of story.

No playing judge on THIS case. The Judicial Arm of the Coup knows what it must do for it's Imperial Masters.

Watch.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 09:34 AM
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5. We'll just have to wait and see,...
You could be right but I hope you are wrong.
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