US court won't block its Texas redistricting map

Gerrymandering should be illegal in any state.

It is time to stop this nonsense and let the popular vote rule. There is nothing in this country anymore corrupt than the Federal Judicial System/

A NEW PARTY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS

America needs a new political party of the middle class to control government and the judiciary for the people. The already rich have proven themselves incapable of overcoming greed and avarice in their guidance of public policy and are simply too corrupted by the influence of big money to be trusted by the American people. The American middle class is a large and enormously talented and inventive group of problem solvers who can perform the job of governing well within the American constitutional framework and is closely in touch with the American people in general.

The core principles of this Middle Class party should be as follows:

A solid first step in fixing our economic and political woes is to disqualify any person worth more than three million dollars, regardless of political party or affiliation, from holding political office, occupying a civil service position or holding a judgeship. Reason: The rich are too corrupted by greed to be of any benefit to the community generally or be trusted by the American people. Putting the rich in government or the judiciary is equal to turning over the reins of power to a bunch of felons.

All lobbyists need to be removed from Washington and all government circles, so rational decisions replace greed as the motive force for change.

Strict terms limits must be placed on all politicians so that there is a continuous flow of fresh ideas in all policy making arenas instead of old, stale and corrupted views of the way things were.

Private financing of elections must be ended to permit the best candidates to compete for public office without ties to organizations who could care less about the public well-being when it conflicts with their profits.

The means are apparent. We need to defeat politicians who disagree with these principles (and who are in the pockets of the super-rich) and only elect politicians who agree to enact this vision at the earliest conceivable moment. The tenets of this position are straightforward and understandable and may constitute a guide for the American middle class without being co-opted by agents of the wealthy, who would corrupt this platform for the benefit of their masters.

Historically and presently, it is neither healthy nor desirable for the rich to make policy decisions affecting the public. Individuals must choose between a life of narcissism in pursuit of personal wealth and fortune or love of the community and humanity. The two have never been compatible.

Nothing in this approach prohibits lovers of money from pursuing personal wealth or affects the existence of business, markets or rich people. However, they obviously need regulation of their greed to prevent excesses harmful to the community generally. And, above all, it takes them out of the political and policy making areas of government, which is where they cause the greatest harm.

The rich did not make America great. The American people, striving for freedom from oppression and the accidental abundance of untapped natural resources, made America strong. The credit goes to our pioneering ancestors and our industrious middle class, not fat cats on Wall Street.

GET THE RICH OUT OF GOVERNMENT AND THE JUDICIARY

Both parties do the same crap. Districts should be draw geometrically around centers of population. Do a freaking box around the city kind like those square states in the Midwest. Republicans drew the last electoral map of Florida. Even when I live a major city, my district goes south like 5 counties picking the areas they though will vote Republican. The miss calculated, but anyway my voting jurisdiction do not represent an homogeneous group of people.

Yep, here in Texas we have District Maps and Voter Maps that run right down the middle of a city, maybe 10 miles long and 60 yards wide. Then there are some that look like a 5 put next to a W. Even seen one that look like a piece of Swiss cheese. You think that there may be a little bit of manipulation going on? No not Rick Perry and those other fine Christian boys down in Austin.

it's time to get back to 1 person 1 vote. esp. national elections. districts should be drawn according to population. divide population of state by districts. each area should have roughly same population. get rid of the electorial college. no state should have winner of 50.1% take all. that is not representing 49.9% and skews votes from other states that split vote.

When are people going to open there eye's and see that we no longer live in a democratiic society but live in a police state. Only the rich can have a democracy or should i say a monarchy controled government. It is no longer "We The People" but "We The Rich" who control the government.........

Whenever the population grows or gets more or less concentrated in certain areas, redistricting becomes necessary. The party in power usually tries to use this for their benefit by maximimizing their party membership in as many districts as possible. Whenever this practice also concentrates or dilutes the representation of minorities, or people of certain ethnicity, and the courts are asked to intervene, then they are obligated to do so.

Oh No, fair redistricting, Governor Perry, What are we going to do? Let's appeal, so we can do some gerrymandering again.

gerrymandering is King in Texas

I'm sick of these gerrymandered districts that split up neighborhoods until they look like a plate of noodles.

Gerrymandering needs to be outlawed. Instead of politicians changing to the wishes of their constituents, they cheat and redraw the districts to dilute the votes of the American people. Of course, political parties should be outlawed as well, and term limits imposed.

why have a legislature if the courts can make the rules?

Despite the snow, Canada is looking better every day...

The white man just can't win anything anymore.

You conservaPRICKS brought this on yourselves and have no one else to blame. PERIOD!

Tom Delay's grimy fingerprints are still soiling Texas with pay to play politics and gerrymandering districts that don't reflect populations, but protect corporations and old boy politics.

Only a Texas Repugnant official could believe that stopping a gerrymander against minorities is "undermining the democratic process."

Something really stinks here, and the story is pretty short on details.

"A court's job is to apply the law, not to make policy," he wrote. "A federal court lacks constitutional authority to interfere with the expressed will of the state Legislature unless it is compelled to remedy a specific, identifiable violation of law."

That is exactly what I was taught when I studied government in school.....I guess Libs really could care less about Constitutional imposed limits on power, but remember Dems, the odds are that at some point in the future, this same kind of back-door policy making will occur in benefit of Repubs , so if you support this now, don't whine like a little baby then.