Re:Ugly Gerry – Gerrymandering font
by mannerheim on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:57AM
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It's admittedly unlikely, but the 17th Amendment which required direct election of senators was ratified by state legislatures who previously had that power.
In this case, Congress would have the power to do so if state legislatures will not (and for that matter, some states have).
In other words, it's up to the legislatures to ban gerrymandering first before SCOTUS can rule on it.
...so the very legislatures that practice gerrymandering to make sure their party stays in power should, after a sudden revelation that this practice is distasteful and unjust, decide to forbid themselves from doing it? Yeah, that sounds very likely!