State Supreme Court rules Oakland County redistricting legal

DETROIT (AP) -- The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that the Republican majority on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners has the right to redraw members' districts. The Court of Appeals and a lower court ruled earlier that a law passed last year by the GOP-controlled Legislature to give redistricting power to the commission rather than a bipartisan apportionment committee was a local act affecting only one government. The courts said the measure didn't meet constitutional requirements because it didn't pass with the necessary two-thirds majorities in the House and Senate. The Supreme Court's four Republican-nominated members ruled that the law wasn't a local act, so therefore should stand. The three justices nominated by Democrats dissented. The ruling throws out the map drawn by the bipartisan commission of three Democrats and two Republicans. Published: Wed, Mar 28, 2012

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