Friday, April 29, 2022

New York Democrats gerrymandering attempt kiboshed

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City and State 

 

New York’s highest court tossed out both congressional and state Senate district maps on Wednesday, ruling that they were both drawn in violation of the constitution.

In a majority 4-3 decision, the state Court of Appeals ruled that the maps must be redrawn by a neutral expert, acknowledging that “it will likely be necessary to move the congressional and senate primary elections to August,” Chief Judge Janet DiFiore wrote, ordering the Supreme Court to oversee the process.

While the court ruled both maps were procedurally unconstitutional, the judges wrote that the congressional map was clearly gerrymandered “with impermissible partisan purpose.”

The decision comes after the new, bipartisan Independent Redistricting Committee, established by voters in 2014, failed to come to an agreement on the electoral maps, putting the power in the hands of the Democrat-controlled state Legislature, which approved the newly redrawn maps in February. 

“The legislature responded by creating and enacting maps in a nontransparent manner controlled exclusively by the dominant political party – doing exactly what they would have done had the 2014 constitutional reforms never been passed,” DiFiore wrote. 

The now-voided maps would have given Democrats advantages in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts. The new state Senate map redistributed two more of the 63 districts to New York City, following population trends, and gave  Democrats a better position in three Republican-held districts. 

After Democrats released the maps, Republicans promptly filed a lawsuit arguing that the process for approving the maps was “constitutionally defective” and that the congressional map in particular was “unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of the majority party,” according to the decision issued Wednesday.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is a God!! What a bunch of crybaby hypocrites the dumbocrats are. When will people finally start waking up to their hypocrital ways? All politicians suck, but these dumbocrats these days are the worst I've ever seen.

Anonymous said...

The fact that Orwell calls stereotypical leftists “fruit juice drinkers” absolutely cracks me up lol! Jim Jones was a Major donor for the DNC.

Anonymous said...

The US population is being ordered to love DemOrats or face condemnation.

Anonymous said...

Another Big loss for the DemOrats and Tish... Even in the NY Times LOL...

Likelihood of Trump Indictment in Manhattan Fades as Grand Jury Wraps Up The Manhattan district attorney is continuing to investigate Mr. Trump, but knowledgeable people say charges are unlikely to occur in the foreseeable future, if ever.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/nyregion/trump-investigation-alvin-bragg-grand-jury.html

Anonymous said...

The scary part is that it was only a 4 to 3 vote. Another round of judge appointments this decade means that 2030 gerrymandering will likely be held up by the state court.

Anonymous said...

They should've gotten DeSantis to draw the new maps

Anonymous said...

Need to appoint their own corrupt judges like the Putinists do in Red states.

Anonymous said...

Gerrymandering absolutely destroyed accountability for my election district, which foisted an all Black force of worthless, vastly overpaid, Affirmative Action beggars, robbers and intensely incompetent sociopaths and outright idiots: James Sanders, former Michele Titus (now a judge which is scary——her chief of staff in Albany, Richard McKoy threatened to come to my house to 'take care of me,' if I said anything about Titus that he found the truth to be upsetting), and now a worthless fathead like Khaleel Anderson and his ALL Black cast of incompetents (who illegally blocked me on Twitter last June 8th, without consequences).

There you have it, folks: Your Black failed leadership in total inaction. Which is why vigilantism and lawlessness abound, and my White neighbors have moved out LONG before the Corona-bologna, PLAN-demic/SCAM-demic lockdown was SO ORDERED by the oligarchy. And the public be damned!

Anonymous said...

The Democrats have become the party of miserable, whiny grumps !
Prove Me Wrong...

Anonymous said...

The game was rigged from the start !
Prove Me Wrong...

Anonymous said...

@"The Democrats have become the party of miserable, whiny grumps !
Prove Me Wrong..."

Says some Karen who spends all its time whining on these comment sections.

Anonymous said...

The Head clown of the New York circus and the do nothing NYC Mayor really are the worst DemOrats I've ever seen. Good job Sheeple....