🚨BREAKING: Ohio GOP legislative leaders will seek SCOTUS review of State Supreme Court decision

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Marc E. Elias
@marceelias

🚨BREAKING: Ohio GOP legislative leaders will seek US Supreme Court review of OH State Supreme Court's decision striking down state's congressional maps. GOP will invoke radical "independent state legislature" theory currently before SCOTUS in North Carolina case.

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[Nevilledog]

1. Not sure why they give a fuck. They're using the unconstitutional maps already.

[elleng]

4. Right, and the 'new' one is only a small amount different.

[Nevilledog]

7. Think this is map #7

[In It to Win It]

8. IIRC

and my memory could be wrong, I think the state supreme court struck down state legislative maps 5 times and congressional maps 2 times.

ETA: I wish my state supreme court was that active (I'm in Florida)

[Nevilledog]

9. Sound right...

[In It to Win It]

5. They sure are. Intentionally ran out the clock for a new map

[Scrivener7]

2. Here we go...

[elleng]

3. 'For the second time, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a map for congressional districts in the state

The court ruled that the map violated the constitution by favoring one political party over another irrespective of election results across the state.

“We hold that the March 2 plan unduly favors the Republican Party and disfavors the Democratic Party in violation of the (Ohio Constitution),” the majority decision reads.

The 4-3 decision reflected the other decisions the court has made on redistricting: Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor voted to reject the maps, along with Justice Michael Donnelly, Justice Melody Stewart and Justice Jennifer Brunner. Justices Sharon Kennedy, Patrick DeWine and Patrick Fischer all dissented in the case.

In ruling against the partisanship in the congressional map, the court called out the commission for creating Democratic districts with razor-thin advantages, while the Republican-leaning seats “comfortably favor Republican candidates.”

In the most recent congressional map, only three Democratic-leaning seats have more than 52% Dem advantage, whereas all Republican-leaning seats have more than 53% GOP advantage.

“Considering that Democratic candidates have received about 47% of the vote in recent statewide elections, this probable outcome represents only a modest improvement over the (previously) invalidated plan,” according to the court decision.'>>>

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/07/19/ohio-supreme-court-strikes-down-congressional-maps-for-second-time/

JULY 19, 2022

[elleng]

6. 'Under the ISL theory, a state legislature's plans for new congressional districts are not

overridable by a state supreme court's interpretations of its state's own constitution, including any provisions limiting partisan gerrymandering found therein.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory#:~:text=Under%20the%20ISL%20theory%2C%20a,limiting%20partisan%20gerrymandering%20found%20therein.

CAN'T figure out how to govern themselves, surely not fairly.