Saturday, February 25, 2012

Pesky Constitution Foils Politics as Usual

This from Bluegrass Politics:


Kentucky high court blocks 
use of newly-drawn legislative districts

The Kentucky Supreme Court has blocked implementation of the newly drawn boundaries for state legislative districts, a move that will keep Democratic Sen. Kathy Stein’s district in Lexington.

In a two-page order issued a few hours after hearing oral arguments in the case Friday morning, the state’s highest court upheld Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s ruling that this year’s redistricting was unconstitutional.

“Until the General Assembly passes redistricting legislation that complies with Section 33 of the Kentucky Constitution, the terms of the injunction entered by the Franklin Circuit Court remain in place,” the court said...
 Congratulations Kathy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How is it that our own legislators don't know how our consititution works? They can't even get our representation aligned correctly, how in the world do they think they are qualified to determine alignment of curriculum and assessment in K-12 schools?