MT: Denney, Semanko & Flat Earthers

In targeting Idaho’s independent redistricting commission for decapitation, Idaho Republican Party Chairman Norm Semanko and House Speaker Lawerence Denney are all in. They’re ignoring history. They’re disenfranchising voters. They’re wading deeply into illogical waters. And they’ve partnered with the legal equivalent of the Flat Earth Society. Where would they get the notion that they might pull it off? From the highest court in the state. Last week, the Idaho Supreme Court voted 4-1 to strike down the citizen commission’s plan for realigning Idaho’s population growth with its 35 legislative districts. That redistricting plan was a remarkable feat, accomplished quickly and unanimously by the commission’s three Republican and three Democratic members/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Should the redistricting process be taken out of the hands of the Idaho Legislature altogether?