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my new one @voxdotcom: Michigan has a smart idea for fixing gerrymandering. Conservatives want to crush it. vox.com/2019/9/9/20850… via @voxdotcom
My @voxdotcom piece on The Michigan gerrymandering lawsuit builds on this important @LeahLitman @Slate piece: slate.com/news-and-polit…
Key question: why did Republicans in Michigan raise a weak First Amendment argument against the state's new redistricting commission, when they have a stronger argument based on the Constitution giving only state LEGISLATURES the power to draw congressional districts? #SCOTUS
I offer a couple of reasons why Republicans might not want to put Chief Justice Roberts on the spot, at least not yet, to overturn a 2015 opinion upholding Arizona voters' ability to use an initiative to take redistricting from the legislature. #SCOTUS vox.com/2019/9/9/20850…
