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TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:42 pm I have no recollection of D's changing their minds about the popular vote though.

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:15 pm Lots of peeps think gerrymandering was invented by republicans, is illegal, and only republicans do it.

Dems could fix it any time they had a majority, you know.

If they wanted to.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:31 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:15 pm Lots of peeps think gerrymandering was invented by republicans, is illegal, and only republicans do it.

Dems could fix it any time they had a majority, you know.

If they wanted to.

Gerrymandering is state by state, iirc.

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:08 pm Democrats could fix it if they wanted to.

Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek were decided on June 27, 2019, which, in the 5–4 decision, determined that judging partisan gerrymandering cases is outside of the remit of the federal court system due to the political questions involved. The majority opinion stated that extreme partisan gerrymandering is still unconstitutional, but it is up to Congress and state legislative bodies to find ways to restrict that, such as through the use of independent redistricting commissions.[46][47]

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:08 pm Democrats could fix it if they wanted to.

Troy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:11 pm Not sure how the disenfranchised party of a gerrymandered state is even supposed to fix it.

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would not sign a federal abortion ban if one reached his desk were he to be elected in November.

It’s Trump’s firmest response to date on a national abortion ban. He has simultaneously claimed credit for appointing the Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade while distancing himself from some of the stricter efforts by Republicans across the country to limit the procedure, and on Monday, he called for the issue to be decided by the states.

“Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?” Trump was asked by a reporter in Atlanta on Wednesday.

“No,” Trump said, shaking his head.

“You wouldn’t sign it?” the reporter asked.

“No,” Trump said again.

Earlier Wednesday, Trump distanced himself from a controversial decision handed down by Arizona’s state Supreme Court that said the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life. The ruling stems from a case that was revived after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

“Yeah, they did,” Trump said in Atlanta when asked if Arizona went “too far” with the decision. “That’ll be straightened out, and I’m sure the governor and everyone else are going to bring it back into reason and that will be taken care of, I think, very quickly.”

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:45 pm

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would not sign a federal abortion ban if one reached his desk were he to be elected in November.

It’s Trump’s firmest response to date on a national abortion ban. He has simultaneously claimed credit for appointing the Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade while distancing himself from some of the stricter efforts by Republicans across the country to limit the procedure, and on Monday, he called for the issue to be decided by the states.

“Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?” Trump was asked by a reporter in Atlanta on Wednesday.

“No,” Trump said, shaking his head.

“You wouldn’t sign it?” the reporter asked.

“No,” Trump said again.

Earlier Wednesday, Trump distanced himself from a controversial decision handed down by Arizona’s state Supreme Court that said the state must adhere to a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life. The ruling stems from a case that was revived after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

“Yeah, they did,” Trump said in Atlanta when asked if Arizona went “too far” with the decision. “That’ll be straightened out, and I’m sure the governor and everyone else are going to bring it back into reason and that will be taken care of, I think, very quickly.”

Trump stepping back from losing abortion policy. At least, for now.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:45 pm Trump stepping back from losing abortion policy.

Cakedaddy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:46 pm I would be embarrassed to say things like that out loud.

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:34 am I posted this story on the 8th in the Trump thread. Or did something change with it?

GORDON wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:10 pm I've been seeing a lot of strories about homicides are way up, but the FBI made it weird how they want to collect the data and the big cities just can't be bothered to report it correctly any more.