Robert Gehrke: 'It’s hard to see how the day could have gone much worse for the Legislature and its attorneys.'
And while it’s always risky to try to get a read on the justices, it’s hard to see how the day could have gone much worse for the Legislature and its attorneys.
and free of partisan considerations. In 99.5% of them, there would be at least one competitive congressional district — meaning it would have been almost impossible for the Legislature to draw four ultrasafe seats unless they intentionally set out to do so.But then things got even worse for the Legislature — and created a moment that could offer the potential for real reform beyond redistricting.
“That ping-ponging back and forth is just part of democracy,” Meehan said. If voters want to change their government, she said, they can lobby their lawmakers to make the change, run a ballot initiative or vote their legislators out if they don’t like the results.
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