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Re:Ugly Gerry – Gerrymandering font by Spivak on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:23AM (#34532776)
Yeah, the check on the legislature for this kind of thing isn't the courts but the Constitution. Maybe we'll see an amendment in our lifetime.
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Re:Ugly Gerry – Gerrymandering font by mannerheim on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:25AM (#34532821)
I don't think an amendment would be necessary. Congress has the power to do so without it.
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Re:Ugly Gerry – Gerrymandering font by crazygringo on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:01PM (#34534510)
Correct, but with an amendment, Congress couldn't change its mind later.
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Re:Ugly Gerry – Gerrymandering font by vkou on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:49PM (#34535507)
Why would the legislatures that gerrymandered themselves in amend the constitution to ban this practice?

Waiting for a constitutional amendment on anything in this century is like waiting for Santa Claus. He's not coming.

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