# SCOTUS upholds Arizona nonpartisan redistricting commision

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-upholds-arizona-nonpartisan-redistricting-commision/723841>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 30, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-upholds-arizona-nonpartisan-redistricting-commision/723841 "2015-06-30T02:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-upholds-arizona-nonpartisan-redistricting-commision/723841/41 "2015-07-06T22:30:39Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> What we are arguing is the interpretation that the people under the initiative processes are the Legislature discussed in the Elections clause.

But that argument was heard by the Supreme Court and dismissed.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-upholds-arizona-nonpartisan-redistricting-commision/723841/42 "2015-07-06T22:37:19Z")

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> [@Lance\_Turbo](#):
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> But that argument was heard by the Supreme Court and dismissed.

Incorrectly IMHO

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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-upholds-arizona-nonpartisan-redistricting-commision/723841/43 "2015-07-07T04:13:53Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> If Arizona had tried to do away with representative government _entirely_, I would agree with you. It’s clear, however, that some level of direct democracy is constitutionally permissible or we wouldn’t have voter initiatives in the first place.

But this type of direct democracy completely supplants the representative body leaving it powerless (at least on this issue). We might as well say that Cuba is a republic since they have elected bodies and a “President.”

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