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2025-08-27 Home Front: Politix

Utah judge strikes down Republicans'' congressional maps in gerrymandering case

[NYPOST] A judge ordered the Utah legislature on Monday to redraw its congressional maps in time for next year's midterm elections, finding the state legislature had unlawfully gerrymandered its districts in favor of Republicans.

Judge Dianna Gibson said in a 76-page order that the legislature must pass a ''remedial congressional map'' by the end of September. State politicians have already signaled they plan to appeal, meaning the case is likely headed for the Utah Supreme Court and possibly the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gibson's order comes after a fight between two of the country's largest states, Texas and Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, that thrust gerrymandering into the national spotlight.

The lawsuit in Utah arose from redistricting changes that began in 2018.

Utah voters passed Proposition 4, also known as the ''Better Boundaries'' initiative, that year to reform the redistricting process and create an independent commission to oversee it.

Posted by Fred 2025-08-27 11:25|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [81 views ] Top

#1 A 'Two-State Solution'...in California?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-27 15:33|| 2025-08-27 15:33|| Front Page || Comments Top

#2 Judge Dianna Gibson another judge that hasn't read a SCOTUS ruling.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-08-27 16:35|| 2025-08-27 16:35|| Front Page || Comments Top

#3 In a perfectly redstricted district, neither party would win because there would be parity. No matter that there is no such thing and that it's impossible to achieve. Of course, one party or the other wants an edge when they redistrict. There's no fair "splitting of the baby."

Posted by JohnQC 2025-08-27 17:53|| 2025-08-27 17:53|| Front Page || Comments Top

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