District Court Rejects Lawsuit to Expand Congress--Plaintiffs Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
The A.P. reported Saturday on a three judge panel in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment in the lawsuit attempting to force the expansion of Congress. Here is the Court's opinion authored by Fifth Circuit Judge Leslie Southwick.
I previously discussed the case here and here.
The A.P. reported:
Plaintiffs argued that adding House seats would make it easier to create districts roughly balanced by the number of residents. The lawsuit suggested expanding the House to either 1,761 seats or 932 - an expensive, time-consuming and politically contentious proposal.
Americans currently have a negative view of Congress and probably prefer to get rid of many of the current Senators and Representatives instead of adding a bunch more to keep them company.
The plaintiffs refuse to quit and immediately filed this notice of direct appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
I expect the Supreme Court to affirm the rejection of the case and I expect the opinion to be unanimous.
I wonder whether Southwick was a random draw. He is the ideal judge, of those in the region, to write this opinion.