The US Supreme Court handed a conservative challenge to one person, one vote principle a unanimous defeat. In Evenwel v Abbott the court ruled (pdf) that states could count the total population, not just eligible voters, in drawing legislative districts. The plaintiffs claimed that redrawing electoral districts based on the population of citizens and non-citizens …
April 2016 archive
Apr 04 2016
The Panama Papers
If you paid attention to anything besides College Basketball and Major League Baseball this weekend, well, I pity you for one thing. In Sports at least you can usually tell what the score is. In other news is the biggest leak in history, measured by volume, not necessarily by impact. Like a majority of ‘breaking’ …
Apr 04 2016
Pondering the Pundits
I’ve been traveling this week, so blogging will be light. Today’s Pundits is a departure from the usual format. At the moment, I have not supported either of the Democratic candidates for president. part of the reason is I see very little difference, policy wise, between them and a good many of those policies, foreign …
Apr 04 2016
The Breakfast Club (Rise)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Apr 03 2016
NCAA Women’s Tournament 2016: National Championship Semi-Finals (Round of 4)
U – Conn Husky, symbol of might to the foe. Fight, fight Connecticut, It’s vict’ry, Let’s go. Connecticut U – Conn Husky, vict’ry again for the White and Blue So go – go – go Connecticut, Connecticut U. C – O – N – N – E – C – T – I – C …
Apr 03 2016
The Breakfast Club (Pony Express)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Apr 03 2016
Formula One 2016: Sakhir
Once again we’re going to forgo the pretty tables because I just don’t have time to do them. Suffice it to say that Australia was Rosberg, Hamilton for Mercedes, then Vettel and Ricciardo for Ferrari and Red Bull. Haas debuted in 6th place with Grosjean, which is pretty good for a rookie team and has …
Apr 03 2016
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
“Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. On Sunday mornings we present a …
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