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More than state power vs federal power, we the people should hold the power. Two meta issues at play are gerrymandering and judges. Gerrymandering gives power
by dfxm12 1y ago
More than state power vs federal power, we the people should hold the power. Two meta issues at play are gerrymandering and judges.
Gerrymandering gives power to who the state legislators want. Federal and many state judges are appointed and serve for life. What good is states rights if your state passes a popular law and some federal judge or activist judge shoots it down because of who passed it?
A big reason we even have to discuss this at all is because Washington clearly doesn't represent regular Americans' best interests or desires.
- ImJamal 1y agoGerrymandering is just a symptom, not the problem. The US has had 435 house representatives since the Reapportionment Act of 1929. The population of the US during the 1930 census was about a third of what it is today. If we bumped it up to about 1300 representatives gerrymandering a district or two wouldn't really matter.
- stubish 1y agoThe software that gerrymanders 435 districts will just as happily gerrymander 1300. Since it is not an exact science, the higher number of districts may even help smooth things out and get the statistically desired outcome.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> If we bumped it up to about 1300 representatives gerrymandering a district or two wouldn't really matter Why? More lines means more opportunity for fuckery. Better: multi-member districts. You get better proportionality. And you reduce the number of lines that can be drawn.