When you follow this link, you’ll need join for free to read the article. Or read the editorial page of your local newspaper for Sunday, March 15, 2009

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302539.html?sub=new

Seems like he’s confusing Voting Rights with Redistricting Districts.

http://www.census.gov/rdo/about_the_program/009945.html

What does the Public Law 94-171 require us to do? The Census Bureau will inform state governors and legislative leaders at least 4 years before each census of technical guidelines they must follow to obtain population totals for their locally defined voting districts (e.g., election precincts). The Census Bureau will also make public announcements of this program in the Federal Register.

Simple enough, this public law helps to keep records of how many people live in each district.

Voting Rights Act:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/1971.html

Again, simple enough, the Voting Rights act describes guidelines how determining the right to vote of citizens.

So, what about determining the borders of districts in which voters will cast their votes and why are the borders of some districts changed seeming at the will by some legislative actions of the past?

Seems like certain Panels are formed in some States at certain times to pressure the Legislature into approving changing the borders of certain districts that they want changed.

A Panel Lousianna has asked that the rules be changed?

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20090217/HURBLOG/902179885?Title=Watchdog-group-suggests-independent-panel-redraw-lawmakers-voting-district-boundaries

Seems some Panel in Georgia want the districts boreders redrawn as well.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4247326.html

So what rule for changing the borders of some district allows this "questionable" act?

To find out, I decided to research how Supreme Court Decisions are entered into the United States Code and Federal Codes. Thus, following the example, each States Supreme Court could eventually get the placed into their States statutes.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/

More on keeping accurate population counts.

http://frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin
/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=170919287773+3+1+0&WAISaction=retrieve

Then I found how a US Code could be misinterpreted just by the way it’s unclearly written.

http://frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=171035281196+7+1+0&WAISaction=retrieve

An excerpt from it:
"…until the court enters such judgment no person shall be
denied the right to vote for failure to comply with such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure: Provided, That such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure may be enforced without such proceeding if the qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure has been submitted by the chief legal officer or other appropriate official of such State or subdivision to the Attorney General and the Attorney General has not interposed an objection within sixty days after such submission, or upon good cause shown, to facilitate an expedited approval within sixty days after such submission, the Attorney General has affirmatively indicated that such objection will not be made. Neither an affirmative indication by the Attorney General that no objection will be made, nor the Attorney General’s failure to object, nor a declaratory judgment entered under this section shall bar a subsequent action to enjoin enforcement of such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure."

Then I needed to find Supreme Court Decisions that were used to reinforced the State Legislatures decisions to assign Panels who would decide on the new borders of such Voting Districts:

Seems that the new voting districts boundaries (borders) could be done under the auspices of "rezoning" rules in several states, without being questioned.

http://frwebgate5.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=171035281196+19+1+0&WAISaction=retrieve

Specifically:

http://frwebgate6.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=17239363632+7+1+0&WAISaction=retrieve

In closing, Zones are for residential, business, and agricultural purposes. When an agricultural zone is to be re-designated for business purposes, there seem to be few objections. However, when voting district boundaries are to be redrawn to get an advantage at the poles many people object to the practice. The Supreme Court shouldn’t be used to decide in favor of the practice. The Supreme Court should decide to outlaw the practice of redrawing the borders of Voting Districts because each States borders are not redrawn because the population has increased over the years.

George Will, I am sorry that your article, which started off so well written, became a "confused state of affairs."

What do you think Yahoo users? Will you read George Will’s article?
Will you read all of the
Thanks for your partial honesty, though Pelosi and fellow Democrats are not the ones who have redrawn Voting Districts boundaries time and time again. Certain Panels with Republican "foresight" have request the Legislature to approve such redrawn boundaries. When recently declined by the Legislature, they took it up with the Republican dominated Supreme Court. We are all watching what exactly their decision will be. If necessary, The legislature can challenge a Supreme Court Ruling.

I didn’t read it simply because I didn’t want to join…but I am agreeing here. In the Voting Rights Act just amended and passed by the Senate, they name a couple of states to redistrict ALONG with treating DC as a functioning state to give them representatives. Along with the census being taken from the Commerce Dept. and managed by others, specifically for gerrymandering. It’s become apparent that one party is intent on taking over permanently…and Pelosi at the helm of such a movement is dangerous. Everyone should be more than PISSED that our Congress thinks we are all stupid and will put up with it for much longer.