If it is clearly a constitutional violation and an attempt to rig the voting districts to diminish the voting impact of one race why leave it in place for this upcoming election? Just revert to the last known good configuration immediately. A panel of federal judges in Virginia struck down the state’s congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that the GOP-controlled state legislature’s decision to pack African-Americans into the 3rd Congressional District, which is represented by Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott, was motivated purely by race — a violation of the 14th Amendment. “[W]e find that Plaintiffs have shown race predominated,” the opinion states. “We find that the Third Congressional District cannot survive review under the exacting standard of strict scrutiny.” Read more: politico/story/2014/10/court-strikes-down-va-congressional-map-111677.html#ixzz3FVNSCJFk
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:34:52 +0000
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