State legislative boundaries. After the 2010 census the Arizona Redistricting Commission through mounds the republicans allege were stacked against them. The them. The independent number, the tiebreaker an average citizen cited with democrats to pass a map that maximize the number of competitive seats. If you were to draw a map that simply incorporated a regular shape at random you probably end up with a republican leaning map in arizona but a top democrat that had had he have the advantage. Republicans who up to occupy the state legislature they took it all the way to the Supreme Court because they argue that independent redistricting commissions are not constitutional. After all, the election clause of the constitutions is the constitution says the manner and place of elections shall be determined by each state and the legislature thereof. The Supreme Court had to wrestle with whether to interpret this on a a strict basis or lose basis. What the majority decided Justice Ginsburg wrot
The people need to send a message, just as they sent one from the polls last week, that these measures will not be accepted. They are not allowed. We need to stand tall and be strong. Amy than Governor Walker makes 15. We go to wisconsin where he has launched his president ial bid. President obama grants clemency to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for nonviolent, drug offenses. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has reached a Historic Deal with the United States and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. Under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to longterm curbs on its nuclear program. Well go to vienna for more on the nuclear deal after headlines. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing protests from members of his own syriza party after accepting harsh austerity measures in exchange for an international ba
Latest. Then to athens greece where Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras is facing backlash from within his own syriza party for accepting austerity measures in exchange for a new bailout package. The people need to send a message, just as they sent one from the polls last week, that these measures will not be accepted. They are not allowed. We need to stand tall and be strong. Amy than Governor Walker makes 15. We go to wisconsin where he has launched his president ial bid. President obama grants clemency to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for nonviolent, drug offenses. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has reached a Historic Deal with the United States and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. Under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to longterm curbs on its nuclear program. Well go to vienna for more on the nuclear
Latest. Then to athens greece where Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras is facing backlash from within his own syriza party for accepting austerity measures in exchange for a new bailout package. The people need to send a message, just as they sent one from the polls last week, that these measures will not be accepted. They are not allowed. We need to stand tall and be strong. Amy than Governor Walker makes 15. We go to wisconsin where he has launched his president ial bid. President obama grants clemency to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for nonviolent, drug offenses. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has reached a Historic Deal with the United States and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. Under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to longterm curbs on its nuclear program. Well go to vienna for more on the nuclear
Vote tonight on whether to accept harsh measures required by creditors. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras has vowed to defend the bailout, despite saying that he signed a deal he does not believe in. I overestimated the power that the people with the right on their side have, as well as the reactionary mike against the founding principles of europe which are a respect for democracy and peoples choices. What is the message sent to us by our partners . It is that there is no point for countries are in a program to hold elections, this is a very harsh message for europe. Amy president obama has continued his push to reform mass incarceration. Tuesday, he described the criminal Justice System as broken. Books the United States is home to 5 of the worlds population but 25 of the worlds prisoners. Think about that. Our incarceration rate is four times higher than chinas. We keep more people behind bars than the top 35 European Countries combined. Become more of president obamas speech after head