Shea Joy replied on Permalink
How is it Constitutional to subvert public elections?
No matter how bad the finances of Detroit are, the Governor of Michigan and his Teabagger Republicans surely cannot legally set aside elected officials. we need a comprehensive voting act to ban actions like this, gerrymandering, and other attempts to deny voter rights. All Americans ought to be able to get behind such a law. In this particular case, it's hard for me to believe that should a suit be brought before the Supreme Court (much less lower courts), the Michigan EFM law would not be ruled unconstitutional. There is a racist dynamic going on. If white and/or wealthier citizens have fled Detroit, it falls to the state to help pick up some of the bills. My sympathies are with the residents of this great American city.