Counties together. However democrats argue that doesnt comply with civil rights laws and is partisan to a ridiculous extreme. They warned republicans it will probably end up in court again. Senate leader Phillip Burger argued the federal Court Ruling Says the old districts reed too heavily on race so the new map avoids it completely. Race should not be a factor and thats why the districts were drawn as they were. But senator floyd says thats a misreading of the order. The new maps dont comply with standard law. The court should not consider race but yet its been ignored. Its a factor in drawing up these districts. So weve gone from one extreme to the absolute other in violation of Voting Rights. Wrals analysis of the redrawn districts finds they minority in democratic and more in g. O. P. Districts but even though the state is politically divided it gets republicans ten and democrats just three. That level of gerrymandering under mines democracy. This map weighs hundreds of carolina ci
proposed providing a flotilla. in august 1814, come dore barney was forced to destroy and sink his fleet of 15 vessels in maryland s patuxent river. the flagship scorpion discovered in 1979 under the river mud and partially excavated. now robert neland is further studying the wreck. we learned about the project and visited the navy s underwater archaeology lab in the washington navy yard where artifacts from the ship are studied. this is the patuxent river, flows into the chesapeake bay. we ll go up river of the highway 4 bridge, and highway 4 is the actually very end of pennsylvania avenue. same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. a little nunn. the scorpion is about one mile, two miles up river from that bridge. so we re about 30 minutes from washington, d.c., 20, 25 minutes from annapolis, maryland, and 40 minutes from baltimore. in 1814, the river was deeper, perhaps wider as well. a lot of sedimentation from agricultural runoff. since 1814. during the early 19th