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Federal court rules that Michigan’s partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional

By Mark | April 30, 2019

This is Michigan’s 12th congressional district, where I live. It didn’t always look like this. There was a time, prior to the Republican redistricting of 2001-2002, when the borders of the 12th district pretty much formed a square. But that changed in the wake of the 2000 census, when the Republican majority in Lansing took […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Denise Hood, Eric Clay, First Amendment, fourteenth amendment, gerrymandering, Gordon Quist, Jocelyn Benson, Ken Horn, Lana Theis, League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Michigan v. Benson, Michigan's 12th Congressional District, Proposal 2, special elections, voter suppression, voting rights | 3 Comments

“Keep your hands off MI vagina”

By Mark | June 17, 2012

As you likely already know, Representative Lisa Brown was banned “indefinitely” from the floor of the Michigan House last week, when, in response to a coordinated, all-out Republican assault on women’s reproductive rights, she said, “I’m flattered you’re all so concerned about my vagina. But no means no.” The story, as it’s being related online, […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, Barb Byrum, Dian Slavens, Eve Ensler, freedom of religion, Gretchen Whitmer, HB 5711, Jewish, Joan Bauer, Laura Hornshaw, Lisa Brown, Michigan House of Representatives, Planned Parenthood, Rashida Tlaib, Rebekah Warren, Roe v. Wade, Stacy Erwin Oakes, The Vagina Monologues, vagina, vasectomy, Vicki Barnett, war on women, women's health, women's rights | 19 Comments

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