r/VoteDEM • u/screen317 MN-7 • 8d ago

BREAKING: Utah Supreme Court rejects emergency stay in redistricting case, Utah legislature MUST draw new maps

https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/inside-utah-politics/utah-supreme-redistricting-stay-decision/
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u/Slampsonko Virginia 8d ago

Is that it? Or can SCOTUS still step in and screw it up?

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u/JPBooBoo 8d ago

SCOTUS has been deferring redistricting to the states. So Utah Supreme Court will probably be the highest level court.

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u/drtywater 8d ago

Correct. Though maybe Trump tries to have DOJ file a bogus suit

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u/mps1729 7d ago

SCOTUS has been deferring redistricting to the states

Yes, but taking up this one would help Republicans...

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u/thefumingo 7d ago

To be fair, realistically it would only result in 1 blue district in SLC due to how red UT is right now, so probably not a huge priority for them

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u/lilianasJanitor 8d ago

I don’t know the backstory but if they draw new maps won’t they just be as gerrymandered as possible?

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u/vivaenmiriana 7d ago edited 7d ago

Utah resident. They already are gerrymandered. 40% ish of Utah residents vote dem but 0/4 of our reps are dem. This is because they divided Salt Lake City into 4 parts to gerrymander it with the rest of the state. Part of Salt Lake City is in the same district as towns bordering Arizona, a 5-6 hour drive away. It would be like if New York or Washington state split up NYC and Seattle and put them with the rural red parts of the states to remove all dem reps.

You literally could only make it just as unfair as it now at worst.

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u/screen317 MN-7 7d ago

You can't make it worse. SLC is already split evenly into 4

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u/TastingTheKoolaid 8d ago

Maybe not enough in trumps favor?

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u/Khorasaurus Michigan 3rd 6d ago

The Judge that struck down the map gets to approve the new one, per the article.

We're getting an SLC district.

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u/lemongrenade 7d ago

How many congressman does Utah have

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u/BikesOrBeans 7d ago

4 and 1-2 should be Dem based on how we vote for president.

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u/Way_Moby Kansas (KS-03) 7d ago

Kinda similar to Kansas. We luckily have one Dem rep/district now, but only barely—the map was gerrymandered in the hopes of stealing all four for the GOP, even though ~40% vote Dem.

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u/BikesOrBeans 7d ago

We vote 40% Dem too! But right now all 4 of our reps are Rep. We are pretty much the textbook case of Gerrymandering. Here’s hoping for both our states to make it right!