It's not just "Republican gerrymandering." The incumbent Dems were involved, too. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
________________________________ From: PEN-L list on behalf of Jurriaan Bendien Sent: Tue 9/28/2004 11:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Next US prez appointing 3+ Supremes? This issue was raised in February this year: Republican gerrymandering of electoral districts has created a Congress where a Republican majority is virtually assured as most seats become permanently 'safe'. Experts now believe there are only 25 contestable House seats left. At the same time, a Bush win would mean that by 2008 a Republican President would have controlled the appointment of senior judges for 20 of the past 28 years. By the end of a second term, Bush would be likely to have named three more Supreme Court judges, locking up the court for cultural and political conservatives for a generation. 'There is something dangerous at work here. The Republicans, if they win again, are in a position to change the structure of American democracy,' said Robert Kuttner, editor of US Prospect magazine. http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/2-21-2004-50835.asp?viewPage=2 ________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!
