Supreme Court to Hear Energy Case

[Pexster]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/....ap/index.html

Another example of the left and right coming together. Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club are on the same side of this issue. Here in California, we have the Brown Act, which essentially bars such meetings as Cheney's from being held in secret. Only personnel and attorney-client privileged matters may be discussed behind closed doors. Seems "democratic" to me!

[MTAtech]

Not to deminish the importance of this Energy Case, the Supreme Court is also hearing the gerrymandering case that has direct implications on the balance in the House of Reps. In three states, Penn, Tex, and Co., the Republican legislative majority used computers to gerrymander districts for the sole purpose of giving house seats disproportionately to Republicans.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html

[Epidemic]

Re-districting should be performed on a grid.

I do not like when either party does more than randomly throw darts at a map. Selecting a region based upon makeup of population is wrong.

Flip side though is the old argument (the other side does it)

If a population of district grows beyond specified size then split the region equally based upon population.

All regions should have to fit on a grid map. with a fixed starting location in Maine. When splitting regions they should either be square or rectangular and should fit within the existing super grid.

[MTAtech]

It should be done in some way that is rational. A grid may cut up counties. Trying to avoid that is rational.