2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: Maryland

[lfromnj]

What is the basis of the challenge under the Maryland Constitution?

The same as NC/PA

[politicallefty]

What is the basis of the challenge under the Maryland Constitution?

The same as NC/PA

That was a sincere question, not sarcasm. I assume each state constitution has different text.

[lfromnj]

What is the basis of the challenge under the Maryland Constitution?

The same as NC/PA

That was a sincere question, not sarcasm. I assume each state constitution has different text.

Its a clause about free elections . I gave the abbreviated answer.

[politicallefty]

What is the basis of the challenge under the Maryland Constitution?

The same as NC/PA

That was a sincere question, not sarcasm. I assume each state constitution has different text.

Its a clause about free elections . I gave the abbreviated answer.

That's true, but some of those clauses are more robust than others. I've also never seen a Republican judge/justice overturn a gerrymander under that criteria.

[lfromnj]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

[UncleSam]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

Terrible decision likely influenced by other terrible decisions.

[lfromnj]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

Terrible decision likely influenced by other terrible decisions.

Yeah definitely a stretch once again
One thing to note is the judge is actually a former Barbara  Mikulski staffer

[Sol]

Reposting this for no particular reason

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

Terrible decision likely influenced by other terrible decisions.

Genuinely surprised they struck this down while the 2010 one stood. It just marginally moved the state left of it

[lfromnj]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

Terrible decision likely influenced by other terrible decisions.

Genuinely surprised they struck this down while the 2010 one stood. It just marginally moved the state left of it

It was never sued.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Reposting this for no particular reason

MD geography rlly is god awful for Dems. 2 likely R Trump seats are natural and rlly only 5 Safe Biden seats.

With that said I’m glad Sarbanes gets what he deserves

[lfromnj]

Reposting this for no particular reason

MD geography rlly is god awful for Dems. 2 likely R Trump seats are natural and rlly only 5 Safe Biden seats.

With that said I’m glad Sarbanes gets what he deserves

That's 7 biden seats in Sols map. 2 being swing.

[GALeftist]

Assume this will be appealed, but don't know that it will matter.

[lfromnj]

Assume this will be appealed, but don't know that it will matter.

Judge was a staffer for Barbara Mikulski (Dem senator for 30 years)

[GALeftist]

Mid decade redistricting isn't illegal in Maryland, so theoretically the state senate could Merrick Garland Hogan's remaining nominees and redistrict in 2024 with a friendly CoA, no?

[Sol]

Reposting this for no particular reason

MD geography rlly is god awful for Dems. 2 likely R Trump seats are natural and rlly only 5 Safe Biden seats.

With that said I’m glad Sarbanes gets what he deserves

That's 7 biden seats in Sols map. 2 being swing.

True, though tbh MD-02 has kind of an insane swing from 2016 (43D-50R) to 2020 (50D-47R), so much so that it's hard to gauge, though I'd probably peg it as lean R.

[Torie]

These laws in state Constitutions regarding keeping gerrymandering down to a dull roar should really be given more respect by arrogant partisan state legislatures. State supreme courts do have plenty of partisan hacks in them, but they are not as hackish as the state legislators themselves.

The elephant in the room of course is NYS, where the legislature displayed hubris on steroids, and just ignored the Constitution regarding gerrymandering as if it were not there. They were that confident about the hack quotient of NYS higher courts. We shall see.

[lfromnj]

These laws in state Constitutions regarding keeping gerrymandering down to a dull roar should really be given more respect by arrogant partisan state legislatures. State supreme courts do have plenty of partisan hacks in them, but they are not as hackish as the state legislators themselves.

The elephant is the room of course is NYS, where the legislature displayed hubris on steroids, and just ignored the Constitution regarding gerrymandering as if it were not there. They were than confident about the hack quotient of NYS higher courts. We shall see.

And then you have Ohio where the Rs refused to try anything congressionally  but the court is demanding a mathematical impossibility at the legislative level.

[Torie]

These laws in state Constitutions regarding keeping gerrymandering down to a dull roar should really be given more respect by arrogant partisan state legislatures. State supreme courts do have plenty of partisan hacks in them, but they are not as hackish as the state legislators themselves.

The elephant is the room of course is NYS, where the legislature displayed hubris on steroids, and just ignored the Constitution regarding gerrymandering as if it were not there. They were than confident about the hack quotient of NYS higher courts. We shall see.

And then you have Ohio where the Rs refused to try anything congressionally  but the court is demanding a mathematical impossibility at the legislative level.

Well that is playing the card of making the court draw the map, so it is only good for two years, and then pack the court one way or the other to ramp up its hack quotient. Too bad there isn't a hell, because if there were, they would all be going to hell for the redistricting sins.

[Farmlands]

Should have been done last time. The previous Maryland map has to be in the competition for one of the worst looking drawings of all time, on par with the gerrymanders of old. And we get some pretty good and fair maps in return!

[BoiseBoy]

Thank goodness, one more down, plenty to go.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

Terrible decision likely influenced by other terrible decisions.

Genuinely surprised they struck this down while the 2010 one stood. It just marginally moved the state left of it

It was never sued.

That’s shocking, it seems the majority of states are getting sued over something this year

[Smash255]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

Terrible decision likely influenced by other terrible decisions.

Genuinely surprised they struck this down while the 2010 one stood. It just marginally moved the state left of it

It was never sued.

That’s shocking, it seems the majority of states are getting sued over something this year

IIRC the GOP sued, but the lawsuit was specific to pushing the 6th district into Montgomery County rather than the state as a while.

[lfromnj]

https://mobile.twitter.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1507383334879604738

Terrible decision likely influenced by other terrible decisions.

Genuinely surprised they struck this down while the 2010 one stood. It just marginally moved the state left of it

It was never sued.

That’s shocking, it seems the majority of states are getting sued over something this year

IIRC the GOP sued, but the lawsuit was specific to pushing the 6th district into Montgomery County rather than the state as a while.

That was federal.

[Gass3268]

Will be interesting to see what happens when this goes to the state supreme court. The majority is Hogan appointees, but I believe that he's predominately appointed folks who would be labeled moderate Democrats/liberals.