Discussion: SCOTUS Leaves Gerrymandering Foes 'Disappointed, But Not Devastated'

make it really hard for republicans to vote and they will take it up yesterday

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Looks like Roberts may be getting nervous thinking his name may be always linked with Trumps throughout eternity?

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The “foes” may be disappointed but not devastated, but yet another gerrymandered election could leave our democracy devastated.

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Gerrymandering has always been purely for undemocratic control of the government, it has no place in a fair election system. Its days are numbered, and history will consider the reasons that it was continued this long as the remains of racism in this nation. It needs to go, and anyone standing in the way needs to be called out as in favor of racism and fascism.

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John Roberts is the supreme traitor of the USA, having sold the nation to the highest bidders in his Citizens United decision. That is the single most destructive act ever perpetrated upon the people of this country and the country herself. Roberts must be executed for treason, whether in a court of law, or by pitchfork.

His name is already linked with the historically terrible McDonnell case of 2016. Influence peddling and public corruption are constitutionally protected according to the unanimous Roberts court.

Just wait for the case that finds flat-out bribery to be protected by the First Amendment.

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That, plus it’s another year in which Kennedy could retire, get sick, or die, and another Trumpanzee would go to the SCOTUS.

You might want to read Buckley v. Valeo (1976) before jumping to that conclusion. After Buckley, CU was just icing.

Not if Democrats take back the Senate! So work hard for that!

Based on my geography, I’m focusing my resources on the House, but hoping I can spare some coin for some more distant swing-y Senate races. That said, the math is fairly grim.