PA Bill Takes Aim at Gerrymandering

I read with interest Cynthia Fernandez’s front-page piece in today’s Inquirer.    

There is one very relevant consideration in this debate which, tragically, receives nary a word.  As of June 2020, there were 4,092,963 (47.6%) registered Democrats, 3,290,944 (38.3%) registered Republicans and 1,215,657 (14.1%) registered voters belonging to neither of the …

The Supreme Court Can Fully Remedy Congressional Redistricting

“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”
James Bovard (1994)
By the 2010 census, our nation’s population had grown to 308,745,538.  Buried in that figure are changes in the populations of the fifty states.  The Constitution mandates Congressional seats be apportioned …

Our Dysfunctional Federal Government

” the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better.”
President Obama (January 2016)
 
While President Obama lamented on the increasing polarization during his Administration, he needs only to look in the mirror. His demonizing those who disagree with him, unwillingness to compromise other than on his terms …

Rectifying the Redistricting Scam

 
“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”
James Bovard (1994)
In late December the US Census Bureau announced our nation’s 2010 population had grown to 308,745,538.  Buried in that figure are the relative changes in the populations of our fifty states.
As …

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