Missouri State Senator Rick Brattin Statement After SCOTUS Map Ruling

More than anybody else . . . This Missouri conservative loses out on the decision and his arguments about election confusion are not without merit . . . TKC just thinks the blame lies with the SecState and not the highest court in the land. 

Still . . . Here's the quote and further reading . . . 

"Supreme Court decision is a travesty for Missouri voters and for the integrity of our elections. Missouri will now conduct a congressional primary under one map and a general election under another. Voters who lawfully participated in the August primary will be moved into districts where they had no voice in choosing the nominees who will appear on their ballot in November. This is the most unprecedented form of voter disenfranchisement in American history, and Missouri voters deserve far better.

"The responsibility for this chaos rests first and foremost with the Missouri Supreme Court. With the stroke of a pen, it overturned a congressional map passed by the people’s elected legislature and signed by the Governor after that map had already been used to conduct the primary election. The Eighth Circuit recognized the serious constitutional problem that decision created. Missouri voters are now being forced to live with the consequences.

"This is part of a dangerous pattern of courts asserting power that belongs to the people and their elected representatives. Judges are not kings, and courts are not legislatures."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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