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Looks like bad news in the fight against GOP racial gerrymandering in Texas, another case that has been stonewalled all decade by conservative judges
Texas is one of the most racially gerrymandered congressional maps in the country. Republicans should have drawn 3 more districts to elect Latino voters' candidate preferences, but the Supreme Court just let them get away with not doing so supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf…
GOP gerrymandering in Texas likely cost Dems 5 House seats in 2016, more than any other state. The Supreme Court just reversed a ruling that found this map intentionally discriminated against Latinos, possibly costing them 3 seats supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf… dailykos.com/stories/2017/7…
Today's Supreme Court ruling is a win for GOP racial gerrymanders everywhere. We need to #RestoreTheVRA & take the power to redistrict away from partisan legislators to prevent these discriminatory maps
And if Trump ever gets to replace Kennedy or one of the liberals with another Gorsuch, the Supreme Court could be well on its way to throwing out the rest of the Voting Rights Act as far as racial gerrymandering & intentional discrimination in redistricting are concerned
Nearly every Southern state could have drawn another congressional district after 2010 to elect a black or Latino candidate. The Supreme Court's ruling in Texas today makes it much likelier that a similar injustice could happen after 2020 #RestoreTheVRA
New: Supreme Court overturns ruling that threw out Texas' GOP congressional map for racial discrimination (post in progress) dailykos.com/stories/2018/6…
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I expect 5-4 rulings deciding that partisan gerrymandering can't be ruled unconstitutional at the federal level, thanks to Mitch McConnell stealing a Supreme Court seat & Trump putting an attempted rapist on the court
The US Supreme Court doing whatever it can get away with to protect GOP gerrymandering is why state supreme courts are so critical. PA's Dem-majority Supreme Court struck down GOP gerrymandering in 2018, & NC's Dem court could do so too by 2020. Here's how dailykos.com/story/2018/11/…
This is sadly a prerequisite for getting the Roberts Court to actually put limits on congressional gerrymandering—If they only see it as something Republicans do, then they'll never do anything to stop it. This is why we must pass House Dems' #HR1 to ban gerrymandering nationally
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New Hampshire's new Democratic-majority state legislature is voting today on electing NH's secretary of state. Dems could oust longtime SOS Bill Gardner, nominally a Dem, who is notorious for backing Republican voter suppression measures. Background here: dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
NH Dems may try to pass redistricting reform again after they overcame GOP gerrymandering to win majorities in 2018. But GOP Gov. Sununu could veto a statutory proposal, & Dems lack the 60% supermajorities for a constitutional amendment if all Rs voted no vnews.com/Newly-in-power…
New Hampshire's new Dem-majority Senate & House are voting in a joint session to elect the next secretary of state. Livestream here: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00288/Harmony/…
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[Thread] This week's Voting Rights Roundup newsletter: 2018 was a smashing win for North Carolina democracy, breaking the GOP's veto-proof legislative majorities & paving the way for the Dem-majority NC Supreme Court to strike down the GOP's gerrymanders dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
Florida voters delivered a huge blow against a remnant of Jim Crow by automatically restoring voting rights to up to 1.4 million people who have fully completed their felony sentences. FL had barred 1 in 10 adults from voting, including 1 in 5 black people dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
Michigan voters struck a critical blow against GOP gerrymandering by passing an independent redistricting commission. The GOP has won at least 1 legislative chamber despite losing the popular vote in 5 of the last 9 elections, including both chambers 2018 dailykos.com/stories/2018/1…
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A couple of not-altogether-random thoughts:
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So, there’s a 300 page opinion by a 3 judge panel regarding NC’s partisan gerrymandering. Guess I know what I’m doing after dinner tonight. #ncpol #ncga redistricting.lls.edu/files/NC%20cc%…
OK, so here we go…tweet storm forthcoming regarding the 300+ opinion that still holds NC partisan gerrymandering as illegal, and that this time, the plaintiff’s have met the Gill burden of having standing as being in a district that is in question:
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This Republican control over all parts of our government defies comparison. On second thought, it feels like a Biblical punishment..Remember the 10 Plagues of Egypt?
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