{"id":38104,"date":"2018-07-21T12:16:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=38104"},"modified":"2018-07-21T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T16:16:46","slug":"sam-wang-dissects-the-gerrymander-in-four-compelling-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=38104","title":{"rendered":"Sam Wang dissects the gerrymander in four compelling points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerrymandering\"> gerrymandering<\/a> an arcane subject of little interest to most people?<\/p>\n<p>Well, not me, of course. Indeed, lately, I&#8217;ve been spending time looking at gubernatorial races, ever since I pinned my hopes on the Wisconsin SCOTUS case called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p13yRc-8BV\">Gill v Whitford,<\/a> <\/em>and read the non-decision decision with what has become my usual burst when reading the nefarious SCOTUS Five&#8217;s output (&#8220;You fuckers!&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Also a whole heap of New York Times readers are paying avid attention in their literate and erudite comments on the state of America, which almost always include the curse word,&#8221;gerrymander.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prospect.org\/article\/states-are-now-best-route-gerrymandering-reform#.W0x518gkyL8.twitter\">So here is the best, clearest, easiest to read and digest, not too long, and most hopeful discussion of what&#8217;s happening in the Wonderful World of the Gerrymander from Sam Wang, in American Prospect.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Gill<\/em> Schmill. All is not lost.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\">States&#8217; rights!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/molbiolabs.princeton.edu\/wang\/sam-wang\">Sam Wang!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is gerrymandering an arcane subject of little interest to most people? Well, not me, of course. Indeed, lately, I&#8217;ve been spending time looking at gubernatorial races, ever since I pinned my hopes on the Wisconsin SCOTUS case called Gill v &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=38104\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1095,1175,1265],"tags":[3311,2000,3310,2152,3309],"class_list":["post-38104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-the-facts-of-life","category-voting-rights","tag-american-prospect","tag-gerrymander","tag-gerrymandered-states","tag-gill-v-whitford","tag-sam-yang"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is gerrymandering an arcane subject of little interest to most people? 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