"We carefully assessed the facts and laws before bringing this action."
"Texas's 2021 violates Section 2 of the voting rights act."
They believe they can prove that the redistricting was done with discriminatory intent.
The complaint will prohibit Texas from conducting elections under this redistricting plan.
supposed to be 2021 restricting plans.
Why do I try to listen, type, and think all at the same time?
Ended with questions like: "Why isn't the DOJ doing more to address the rise in violent crime in Chicago?" and "Is Durham subject to the same review as everyone else?"
If they say: "The United States was not founded as a democracy," I say, "That's because we had legalized slavery."
Ha! I usually ignore the comment myself because you know exactly who you are dealing with. They're the same people who think the IRS and the SEC are unconstitutional.
But people feel better when they know how to answer.
This is a Twitter Summary hitting the main points.
For my full argument, see the transcript or video.
As a shorthand, I use “the left” to refer to all people left of the right-wing extremists who want democracy to survive.
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The lies we see on the right-wing are intended to destroy.
Here is what people on the left seem to have a hard time accepting: The Republicans are knowingly and actively shielding and supporting liars and lawbreakers because they want to destroy.
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One way to counter the anti-Merrick Garland rage is with facts (here is how complex investigations work, here's the evidence we have of what is happening).
Another way perhaps is to ask: If a president removed an AG because of a pressure campaign by political partisans. . .
. . . who are demanding specific prosecutions, wouldn't that itself be politicizing the DOJ, which is exactly what Barr and Trump tried to do, which we all agreed was destructive to democracy?
Garland continually answers his critics by saying "They will follow the facts."
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One of the pillars of democracy is an independent prosecutor. In an autocracy, the autocrat decides. In an era of mob rule (i.e. lynchings) the mob decides.
As our democracy is set up, the prosecutor decides.
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