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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Kansas congressional map
The Supreme Courtroom on Monday introduced it won’t take up a problem to Kansas’s GOP-drawn congressional map.
The justices in a quick, unsigned order rejected an enchantment from a bunch of Kansas voters, who argued {that a} decrease courtroom used the improper authorized commonplace in upholding the map.
A state trial courtroom had initially struck down the map, discovering the legislature deliberately discriminated in opposition to minority voters due to their race in designing the congressional district boundaries.
The map cut up Wyandotte County, which is dwelling to Kansas Metropolis, and the challengers asserted the transfer eradicated the power of minority voters to proceed electing their most well-liked candidate. The state, in the meantime, argued the modifications had been essential to answer inhabitants progress within the space.
The Kansas Supreme Courtroom then reversed in favor of the state, discovering that the challengers failed to indicate that the minority voters in query had been sufficiently quite a few to kind their very own majority-minority district.
The 4-3 choice dominated the displaying was a precondition for the challengers to carry their declare, a reference to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom’s landmark Thornburg v. Gingles case.
However the challengers contended that Gingles ought to solely apply to Voting Rights Act lawsuits that declare a map resulted in discrimination. The voters say their lawsuit challenges the map as intentional discrimination, a declare introduced straight underneath the 14th Modification’s Equal Safety Clause.
“Underneath this conception of the Fourteenth Modification, the place minority voters are fewer in quantity or extra dispersed, states have carte blanche to deliberately discriminate in opposition to them in drawing districts — even when the legislature introduced that it acted particularly to drawback minority voters,” the challengers wrote of their temporary to the justices.
“This insupportable rule would apply throughout a lot of the nation, given the comparatively small variety of areas with sufficiently quite a few and concentrated minority populations.”
The challengers’ authentic grievance in state courtroom included further claims of political gerrymandering, which the federal courts do not need the authority to listen to. The case solely later shifted to completely concentrate on the problem of race.
Describing the case as a “creature of state legislation,” the GOP-led state contended the Supreme Courtroom lacked jurisdiction to listen to the problem.
Even when the courtroom did have jurisdiction, Kansas argued the map was lawful and didn’t contain intentional discrimination.
“Petitioners’ argument is premised on the speculation that this case entails intentional minority vote dilution,” the state wrote. “However it isn’t believable that the Kansas Legislature enacted SB 355 with a racially discriminatory objective. Petitioners’ claims would subsequently fail whatever the reply to the query offered.”
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Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang talks about Drake
Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang talks about Drake ahead of the Wildcats’ Tuesday night’s game at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State basketball ends a 10-day layoff at its home away from home Tuesday against unbeaten Drake at T-Mobile Center.
The Wildcats (6-3) will try to get back on track after a second-half collapse resulted in an 88-71 loss at St. John’s on Dec. 7 as part of the Big 12/Big East Bash series. But they face a red-hot Drake team that is off to a 9-0 start under first-year coach Ben McCollum, including victories over Miami (Fla.), Florida Atlantic and Vanderbilt.
McCollum, who won four NCAA Division II championships at Northwest Missouri State, brought four starters with him to Drake, including top three scorers Bennett Stirtz (17.8 points, 6.1 assists per game), Daniel Abreu (13.9 points) and Mitch Mascari (12.2 points). The Bulldogs have five players on their roster from the Kansas City metro area.
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K-State is playing its first game without backup forward Achor Achor, who left the team last week for personal reasons. Villanova transfer Brendan Hausen leads the Wildcats in scoring with 15.2 points per game, followed by super-senior forward David N’Gussan with 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds.
With the shot clock winding down, Drake’s Mitch Mascari leans in for a 3-pointers — he’s now 5-for-5 — and K-State falls behind 29-9.
With 7:39 left in the half, K-State still hasn’t cracked double digits, trailing Drake, 25-8. Drake is 9 of 15 from the floor, including 4 of 7 from 3 — Mitch Mascari 4-for-4 — while the Wildcats are 4 of 15 and have been outrebounded 11-6 and turned the ball over four times.
Drake has hit 5 of 9 shots and has assisted on each basket, and leads 14-4 with 11:48 left in the half.
K-State is 2 of 10, 0-for-5 from 3, with three turnovers.
Mobi Ikegwuruka, who had been sidelined with an injury, was the first Wildcat off the bench along with Dug McDaniel for David Castillo at the point two minutes into the game.
Drake races to a 9-0 lead, forcing Jerome Tang to burn a timeout with 15:27 left in the half. The Wildcats are 0 of 5 shooting, including three 3-pointers, and have turned the ball over twice.
Drake, on the other hand, is 4 of 6 with a 3-pointer and looks like the better team so far and it’s not close.
Freshman David Castillo gets his first start for K-State
The Kansas State point guard merry-go-round continues to spin. True freshman David Castillo gets his first career start tonight against Drake, making him the Wildcats’ third point guard to open a game this season.
CJ Jones started eight of the previous nine games and Dug McDaniel one. Interestingly, Castillo played just two minutes the last time out in the Wildcats’ 88-71 loss at St. John’s.
The other starters for the Wildcats tonight are the usual: guards Brendan Hausen and Max Jones, with Coleman Hawkins and David N’Guessan at forward.
Kansas State vs Drake game time today
- Date: Tuesday, Dec. 17
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Location: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.
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Kansas State vs Drake prediction
K-State is a slim favorite and desperate for a victory to build momentum heading into Big 12 play, but Drake has outscored its opponents by nearly 20 points per game and ranks second nationally in scoring defense. Give a slight edge to the Bulldogs.
Prediction: Drake 70, Kansas State 65
Kansas State vs Drake betting odds
Game lines and odds from BetMGM as of Tuesday afternoon:
- Spread: Kansas State -1.5
- Over/under: 134.5 points
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Typically, we share recruiting scoop in this format. However, though it will still be focused on the Kansas State recruiting efforts, we’re just sharing the visitor sheet so far for the Wildcats when it comes to transfer portal targets.
While one of the first visitors was Oklahoma transfer cornerback Jayden Rowe, who subsequently committed to K-State, there has been plenty others. A trio of offensive line targets were in Manhattan last week.
LINK: Kansas State offensive line visitors
The Wildcats weren’t just busy along the front of the offense. Two receivers were also spotted on the K-State campus last week. That is a position of emphasis in the recruiting cycle because of the attrition and graduation.
LINK: Two wideouts visit Kansas State last week
Joe Klanderman and Van Malone are also diving in the portal. A few defensive backs were on campus as well. Though safety isn’t a huge need, they are interested in adding one. However, they are far from finished at cornerback.
LINK: Defensive backs embark on Manhattan
But the Wildcats aren’t finished at all. This week will be a revolving door of transfer targets also making it through K-State. Two receivers, a running back, a linebacker and two defensive tackles will make it for official visits.
LINK: Visitors on campus this week
We also provide a hint of what is inside below.
- Who is set to be in Manhattan this week?
- Kansas State hosting plethora of wideouts.
- Wildcats have offensive linemen on campus early.
- K-State still working on defensive backs.
That is just a taste of what can be found in our Kansas State recruiting content on a weekly basis throughout the calendar year. There has never been a better time to join the largest community of K-State fans on the internet that converse and discuss the Wildcats on a daily basis.
Intrigued about trying us out, become a member of our exclusive family and dig into the best Kansas State news and information on the planet.
PRATT, Kan. (KWCH) – A man died in a Pratt house fire reported Monday afternoon near the intersection of South High Street and West 3rd Street. Pratt police said the man was a father whose wife and three children were inside the home at the time of the fire reported about 3:30 p.m.
Police said the woman and three children safely evacuated the home. The man reportedly was outside when the fire started and went in, concerned that his family could still be inside.
The state fire marshal’s office responded to the scene as part of a “supplemental investigation,” police said.
The investigation’s preliminary results show that the fire’s source might’ve been electrical.
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