I took a look at the Constitution. It seems that the judge in the California case was correct: Article I, Section 5, Clause 1 states that "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members..."
The gerrymandering is pretty impressive, and has received almost no press that I'm aware of outside of MA. (Unlike, say, the TX fiasco a couple of years back. Then again, it took the entire minority leaving the state and having the Texas Rangers sent after them to make national news.)
It's almost enough to make one want to get into politics.
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Date: 2006-09-19 20:09 (UTC)The gerrymandering is pretty impressive, and has received almost no press that I'm aware of outside of MA. (Unlike, say, the TX fiasco a couple of years back. Then again, it took the entire minority leaving the state and having the Texas Rangers sent after them to make national news.)
It's almost enough to make one want to get into politics.