Timothy Birdnow

With mail-in ballots about to go out the Missouri Supreme Court (most of whom were appointed by Republicans although they are as RINO as it comes) blocked the use of the new Congressional map which gets rid of a few Democratic districts. Justice Brett Kavanaugh refused to take the case, letting this ruling stand.

This last second act by the Mo court was intended to make the implementation of this election scheme impossible, and more, to make it largely unappealable.

This proves beyond any doubt that the Left owns the courts, and even Kavanaugh (of whom I've always been suspicious). Election schemes are entirely within the purview of state Congressional entities and that is written into the Constitution and the courts have, or should have, little say in the matter. They only started getting into this over the Voting rights acts, which tried to make it easier for black voters to exercise the franchise. But SCOTUS ruled set-aside districts for black congressmen were unconstitutional, and that meant redistricting was out of bounds for courts. But they are continuing with this.

And Kavanaugh let them.

I can't imagine his reasoning, but he is a textualist and not an originalist, meaning he looks at the letter of the law and not it's intent.

I warned about this frat boy. He basically has an unserious mind and grew up in the citadels of Washington power.

At any rate we had a guaranteed pickup that we now will lose and we can thank the Republican-appointed members of the state Supreme Court as well as the guy we had to fight for tooth and nail who shows his gratitude by screwing us here. Disgraceful on every front.

The petition to the court was brought by a group that wishes to put the redistricting on the ballot for referendum. Naturally that wouldn't happen until the next election - which is the whole point. One more election and if they win this will all go away. And the Court sided with them.

The default obviously should have gone to the state congress, who hold authority on the subject, not the courts. The state court should have let the map stand but allowed the petition to go forward in the election. You don't just flip the whole electoral scheme when voting is just about to begin.

This is just another disgraceful power grab but liberals, and the Missouri Republicans are RINO and many hate Trump.

There is no law requiring a referendum and vote by the People to change electoral maps. It is one of the powers the states possess almost absolutely and unless the state constitution specifically enumerates this it's not for the courts to decide.

Hanaway is right and this lawless court is writing it's own law.

At least three of the seven justices were appointed by Democrat governors, even though we haven't had a Democrat in the governorship for quite a few years now. The rest were appointed by the weenie RINO hillbillies who so often win the seat in this state.

While there is some discussion about fairness in districting, I would point you to Article III, Section 3 of the Missouri Constitution:  

  (i) No redistricting plan shall be subject to the referendum.

And yet the court is ordering a referendum, when it is crystal clear that it is not allowable by the state constitution.

This is monumental lawlessness by the state court and it is despicable that Kavanaugh wouldn't take this case.

Fortunately a U.S. District Judge ruled inn favor of two congressional candidates that tossing the new congressional map now would cause them harm as they are running in the newly created districts. So this thing may well wind up at SCOTUS after all.

This thing is up for grabs. Both Hanaway, Mo. Attorney General, and Governor Mie Kehoe have said they plan to use the new map and the court can go, well, please themselves.

The Democrats are trying to sow chaos in the upcoming elections then claim they were cheated, and gin up their base into a fever frenzy. And it's probably going to work, too. They've cheated all these years and gotten away with it and now they can't so they are going to not go quietly. They ae like children, and they are going to throw a tantrum.

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