By Brandon Hall
(Email Him At WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com)
Thursday's federal court ruling that Michigan must hold State Senate elections in 2020 has shaken Lansing to the core.
After 10 Senate districts were ruled illegal, a three judge panel is demanding the districts be re-drawn, and elections held in 2020 instead of waiting until 2022. Any Senate seats amended to accommodate the 10 under scrutiny must also vote in 2020.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey has already announced the Senate will appeal the ruling.
It will be virtually impossible to re-draw so many districts without the domino effect impacting nearly every region in the state. A couple Senators far away from the districts at issue, like Ed McBroom in the Western corner of the UP, or someone like Roger Victory in Ottawa County, could perhaps escape. Maybe...
The court opined that "the fact that a special Senate election would truncate the four-year terms of senators is not ‘unduly intrusive’ given the gravity and extent of the constitutional violations at issue in this case. While senators may be disappointed that their four-year terms will be reduced to two years, the sentiment of the legislators elected under an unconstitutional apportionment plan does not outweigh the constitutional rights of millions of Michiganders to elect their senators under constitutional maps.”
Also, here is an immensely interesting contention: State Senators who were just re-elected can't run again in 2020, limiting them to six years, and freshman Senators who won for the first time in 2018 won't be able to run again in 2022, limiting them to four years.
The Michigan Constitution is clear: "No person shall be elected to the office of state senate more than two times."
The only exception is to fill a vacant seat if it's under two years, which is not the issue here.
The order to hold new Senate elections comes after Mark Brewer and the League of Women Voters sued Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, arguing many legislative districts at the state and federal level are gerrymandered to benefit Republicans.
In the end, the case is likely to be decided by the US Supreme Court... Stay tuned!
In the end, the case is likely to be decided by the US Supreme Court... Stay tuned!
>>>Read More About The Lawsuit Below:
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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.
The Michigan Constitution can (and has) been "bent" in the past when it was politically expedient to do so.
ReplyDeleteA recent Muslim gubernatorial candidate who had just moved back to Michigan from New York comes mind.
Not that I'd expect a democrat AG (nor SoS) to be willing to "look the other way" this time around...
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