Thread by @AriBerman

If John Roberts upholds citizenship question on 2020 census it will be crystal clear that the only institution he’s committed to preserving is white supremacy

My new piece for @MotherJones

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…

@MotherJones John Roberts has been trying to roll back voting rights for people of color since he worked in Reagan DOJ. He wrote opinion gutting Voting Rights Act. Upholding census citizenship question would cement legacy of rigging democracy to preserve white power motherjones.com/politics/2019/…

@MotherJones Upholding census citizenship question, especially in light of smoking gun evidence showing GOP gerrymandering mastermind pushed q to benefit GOP/whites, “would be as monumental as the Shelby decision” gutting Voting Rights Act, says @Sifill_LDF

@MotherJones @Sifill_LDF John Roberts has said SCOTUS should stay above partisan fray, but upholding census citizenship question would make it unmistakable ally of white GOP power. “I don’t think the court will be able to recover from that” says @vanitaguptaCR

@MotherJones @Sifill_LDF @vanitaguptaCR More SCOTUS opinions this am. Census case ultimate test for John Roberts: will he choose legitimacy of court, like he did in ACA, or vote to rig democracy to preserve white power, like he did by gutting Voting Rights Act? motherjones.com/politics/2019/…

@MotherJones @Sifill_LDF @vanitaguptaCR SCOTUS opinions at 10 today. As I write: "At stake is whether Roberts will allow Trump to rig American politics for the next decade by corrupting the census, and turn the Supreme Court into an unmistakable ally of the Republican Party and white power." motherjones.com/politics/2019/…