tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887184.post114134206076118938..comments2023-10-11T05:17:09.763-04:00Comments on Athens Politics: More RE: Redistricting and the lawUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887184.post-1141398841822273742006-03-03T10:14:00.000-05:002006-03-03T10:14:00.000-05:00Beating the drum again...This underscores the pres...Beating the drum again...<BR/><BR/>This underscores the pressing need for redistricting reform right now. Because you know that if the Democrats win a majority in 2006, they'll turn around and redistrict again, to undo the overtly partisan maps that the GOP drew. And the Democratic maps of 2007 will also be partisan, and so on and so on.Cufflink Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800684128912206226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887184.post-1141351325733527692006-03-02T21:02:00.000-05:002006-03-02T21:02:00.000-05:00The apportionment of the Senate and of the House o...<I>The apportionment of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall be changed by the General Assembly as necessary after each United States decennial census.</I><BR/><BR/>Does it say anywhere "<I>only</I> after each Census"? That makes a difference to me...The Ga. Constitution puts the Legislature in charge, only <I>requiring</I> examining the need for redistricting every ten years, but not <I>precluding</I> it at any other time.<BR/><BR/>I seem to recall that there exists some terminology regarding laws that were ?inclusive? or ?exclusive?, in other words a way of differentiating whether legal language considered only things that were expressly allowed vs. only things that were expressly prohibited... Is there some way of defining the Georgia Constitution in this way?Fishplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659287724786153421noreply@blogger.com