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Voters rather than partisan interests. >> freda, what message does the ruling send to ohio lawmakers and perhaps lawmakers in other states? >> well, very simply, the message is no more cheating. thats not going to cut it anymore. we have actually two new decisions in ohio over the past couple of days. one striking the state legislative map and another striking the congressional map. we won both, and these decisions are very important. although other state courts are not bound by our high courts ...

New york. trey: if you dont have maps, how do you have candidates? is the field -- filing deadline impacted? >> these states have late filings and late primaries. except one interesting development, ohio has a may primary. but their state legislative map has not been agreed to by state supreme court, they have two primaries, one in may for congress and statewide officials and then another primary later on in the summer, late summer, for state legislative races assuming they can get those done. t...

Constitutional amendments meant to limit partisan jerry bandering but super majorities in the state house managed to find loopholes that enable them to on a short term basis for four years instead of ten years draw these incredibly partisan maps. so they just passed a new state legislative map that will basically make it so they have super majorities in the state house in perpetuity so if a democratic governor gets elected, he wont be able to stop them and just yesterday, governor mike dewine si...

Sponsorship of the bathroom bill and hate him as a social extremist. this is a district and he needs to win over independents and denationalize the race and thats what he tried to do in 2018 and came close. hes trying to run on prescription drug costs and attacking bishop for a bill that he voted for that he said was in line with prescription drug companies so well see if that works. >> very quickly, dave, since i have you here, the decision by the state courts there in north carolina to throw o...

Gerrymandering. the supreme court saiding t ise decisions back down and the supreme court saying the maps can stand. now, these cases that involve two different states, wisconsin and maryland, in wisconsin democrats challenged the state legislative map, saying that republicans drew it in a way that was just tle to republicans. in maryland, you had the flip side of the argument, republicans challenging congressional lines that they saide just too controlled by democrats. so the supreme court, it ...

Harm, because the plaintiffs were part of a particular district as opposed to a broader group of people. i always am loathe to say the supreme court is punting. but that really looks like what has happened at this point and theyre waiting for more eviden brought back in as they try to address the case. there is no question and the court is clear about this, that gerrymandering needs to be addressed. and it is a problem that goes back and forth. hopefully this will move forward. >> thats key. im ...