One of the attorneys who argued against gerrymandering (I heard his name as jerry Benford) praised incumbent representatives for speaking out despite risking reelection. We need a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, he said.
Wisconsin state assemblyman Fred Kessler said that he was the one who organized that pivotal tearoom meeting that has had such repercussions (the New York Times has already reported on these hearings!) He recalled the three-judge federal court hearing in his state that ruled against gerrymandering at the level of state assembly representatives: a huge number of votes were wasted because of gerrymandering in 2011 that had so distorted the people's will.
When politicians choose, the voters always lose!
The former GOP officeholders supporting the opposition include former Senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole and other former U.S. Senators John Danforth of Missouri, Richard Lugar of Indiana, and Alan Simpson of Wyoming, in addition to former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, now returned to his acting career.
The Court's decision will not be rendered until next January at the earliest, I found out. My informant said that the time range extended to June but that she believed that the decision would go public sooner rather than later.
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