Will the Redistricting Commission Make Gerrymandering Worse?

Will the Redistricting Commission Make Gerrymandering Worse?

Things have changed. In 2018 voters went to the polls and approved a constitutional amendment that puts legislative redistricting in the hands of 13 unelected citizens chosen at random from a pool of partisan and allegedly nonpartisan activist applicants. The goal,...

Redistricting commission may make gerrymandering worse

This column originally appeared in The Detroit News. It started with a promise. Left-wing activists told voters that if they approved a new “independent” citizens redistricting commission, they’d draw legislative maps that let voters choose their politicians instead...
Whitmer Rewriting her History of Hypocrisy

Whitmer Rewriting her History of Hypocrisy

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is desperately trying to rewrite history. Whitmer went to Newsweek magazine to defend her secret, hypocritical trip to Florida claiming that she hasn’t violated any of her own rules. It seems Whitmer also wants us to forget that time when she...