SC strikes down NC gerrymander 5 - 3, Thomas joins liberal majority (user search)
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Author Topic: SC strikes down NC gerrymander 5 - 3, Thomas joins liberal majority  (Read 4226 times)
Barnes
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« on: May 22, 2017, 10:11:20 AM »
What's interesting is that the entire Court decided that the districts were unfairly biased to some degree, with the majority (Kagan, Ginsburg, Bryer, Sotomayor, and Thomas) arguing for a racial bias, and the dissenting opinion (Alito, Roberts, and Kennedy) arguing for a more partisan bias.
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Barnes
Roy Barnes 2010
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2017, 12:57:16 PM »
Yep, we've got a trifecta going on this with the topic here, one in Political Geography, and one in Congressional Elections.
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