Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
#1Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 8:56am
So last week's SCOTUS decisions on Obamacare and marriage equality were great moments in modern US history - especially the latter - but can there be an argument made that this week's Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission decision will have a greater, longer-term effect on the political landscape? That's actually a question. I'm not sure if it's the case. Will this decision have an impact beyond Arizona (and, likely, California)? If it will, it could be the beginning of the end of partisan gerrymandering and a (slightly) more equitable and representative voting system in the US.
#2Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 11:24am
Hugely important.
Stephanatic
#2Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 4:42pm
...guess not. 
#3Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 6:49pm
So New jersey is a lock Democrat state, what happened with Christie?
Stephanatic
#4Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 6:55pm
Isn't it incredibly ridiculous that we vote for President every 4 years? Unless you live in about 10 of the 50 states your vote is meaningless. There's something innately wrong about that. The way the EC works makes it very strange. I don't want my vote to be more important than almost all of my friends but it i
s. This whole issue of gerrymandering is way more important than gay marriage.
Stephanatic
Updated On: 6/30/15 at 06:55 PM
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#5Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 7:14pm
"So New jersey is a lock Democrat state, what happened with Christie? "
New Jersey is far more conservative than people not from the state realize. Large swaths of the state (particularly in the southern region) are reliably republican. Christie came to office on the back of a universally reviled democratic governor (Corzine) who never stood a chance of being re-elected, but who was too much of an egomaniac to not seek re-election. He was re-elected because of Sandy. The bloom went off the rose pretty quickly, as we now know.
#6Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 8:01pm
This whole issue of gerrymandering is way more important than gay marriage.
SF, try to find a way to say what you mean in a less hackle-raising way, please.
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Updated On: 6/30/15 at 08:01 PM
#7Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 9:24pm
OK
Stephanatic
#8Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 7/1/15 at 12:46am
"So New jersey is a lock Democrat state, what happened with Christie? "
He got extremely lucky and was at the right place at the right time. The first time, Jon Corzine was so hated that Mike Huckabee probably would have beaten him. The second go round people thought he "did a good job during Sandy" because apparently showing up and walking on the boardwalk, inspecting damage, and accepting federal money to clean up is a "good job."
Note, however, that he botched the cleanup after Sandy, reneged on promises, and started awarding big contracts to his chronies. That, coupled with Bridgegate and his bullying behavior towards teachers (the man's dislike of them borders on sickness) will do him in.
Updated On: 7/1/15 at 12:46 AM
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#9Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 7/1/15 at 7:25am
And it's worth noting that hated as he was, Corzine only lost to Christie by four percentage points. So Christie's first election was hardly a runaway, even when his challenger was reviled. His re-election was aided not only by Sandy but by the fact that his challenger (Barbara Buono) was a small-time state senator with no money. Basically, he's a guy who's gotten lucky a lot.
#10Perhaps, just maybe, a slightly more important SCOTUS decision?
Posted: 7/2/15 at 7:27pm
I have no right to judge what's more important, seeing the suffering that goes on with kids, parents, society, and the pain that can be avoided if we all grow up, that's something that might be more important than anything. Like the gerrymandering issue being a win, RETIRE RUTH!!!
Stephanatic
