Should the Democrats gerrymander ever state they have a trifecta in? Why should they put themselves at a disadvantage in the 2028 presidential elections?
Democrats now can remove all of the gerrymandering in the states they currently have control over. The districts would be redrawn by the state legislature to be more fair. They would remove all the GOP gerrymanders.
But if Trump and Republicans opposes the democrats legislation the democrats will heavily gerrymander all the states they currently have control over and change the retirement age of the state supreme courts.
So if Trump vetoes legislation Democrats heavily gerrymander one state. If he vetoes more legislation they gerrymander another state. If he vetoes more legislation they change the retirement age and appoint their own justices.
They could later negotiate with republicans to pass new Civil Rights Act banning all forms of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Yes. Dem-conteoled states should pass National popular vote. And then they should gerrymander to the most extreme maps they can.
The Dems in Congress can draft a federal law banning gerrymandering nationwide, and the Republicans can either join in or die as a party.
National popular vote can and should happen but it has to be a state compact until it becomes an amendment. My big fear is that it isn’t hard enough to overturn once a new state legislature is in place in any given state.
NPV would be insulated from SCOTUS bullshit by an explicit authorizing act. USC 1 § 10:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-10/clause-3/overview-of-the-compact-clause
There is some precedent suggesting that a compact which decreases the power of the states wouldn’t need it, but precedent also said abortion was a right, the 14th amendment was self-executing, and POTUS could forgive debts.
And interestingly, the NPVC apparently has text specifying how a state could withdraw.
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/bill-text
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