I’d be very careful about trying to figure out what the court will do from listening to an argument, particularly if the reporter is not well experienced in covering the court. Remember, this is AP not Adam Liptak or Linda Greenhouse reporting.
The Dem side will either fumble at the goal line or the R’s will exploit some loophole to cheat…
Go away.
The Republicans on the Supreme Court always struggle with trying to contort the law and the Constitution to deliver the results to their Republican colleagues.
There’s no struggle if you actually maintained steady and consistent jurisprudence…
Of course they’re struggling. This could benefit Democrats, which isn’t what the conservative majority was installed to do.
The lower court did what the Court ordered them to do, “concluded that the 11 districts violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause,” and redrew the districts producing a map “favorable to Democrats [that] could help them gain control of the House.”
Does the Roberts Court uphold the lower court’s map that may flip VA, send it back yet again with implied instructions to produce a GOP favorable map, or dismiss the case because “packing black voters into certain districts to make surrounding districts whiter and more Republican” cannot state a cause of action after Roberts declared that we live in a post-racial society? Quite the quandary.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that black lawmakers had been supportive of the original map
what a shock. politicians are provided with maps that ensure their own re-elections, and they endorse it.
I mean, could Kavanaugh be any more obviously racist than to try this “black people who benefitted supported it” argument?
Why exactly is this article graced by a picture of the NY state courthouse in Manhattan?
SCOTUS Oddly Struggles Over How To Resolve Virginia Redistricting Case
The “oddity” only exist if you ignore the presence of hyper-partisan warrior Brett Kavanaugh in the court.
Truth hurts eh?
I have been watching this film for a long time and it invariably ends the same way. Base treachery seems to have a knack for coming out on top…
I respectfully disagree with the singling out of Mr. Kavanaugh. The truth is for the last 50 years, and this has been obvious since Bush v Gore, we do not have a liberal court or even a conservative court, rather we have a Republican Court who look at every issue in light of what is better for the GOP. This was true before Kavanaugh and will be true as long as the current Clarence Thomas is on the court and longer if Trump or any Republican appoints Thomas replacement.
You know it’s bad when Roberts replaces Kennedy as the swing vote.
that’s sure asking a lot from a conservative, hypocrisy and double-dealing are inherited traits for that lot, and consistent application of the law is not in the bible (I am guessing)
We elect 70 year olds to 4 or 8 years in office and select 40, and 50 year olds to a life time in office to the highest court, without an escape. What the hell is wrong with us?
Can’t get a stock photo past an eagle-eyed TPMer. Nice catch
The idea that a group of dudes back in the 1700’s were so omniscient and forward-looking that they created a perfect system of governance which would never need to be re-looked or updated as the world changed…
How dare you blaspheme against the Church of the US of A!?!
Pack the court and we have a dictator, the court itself. In a way I appreciate the fact it seems to want to avoid the redistricting issue. The issue seems best to be solved in the political, rather then the judicial arena.
All I have to do is look at what Governments the U.S. set up when it had the opportunity to do so (Germany and Japan)…
Notice we didn’t choose to replicate the fucked-up system we have here, we went with Parliamentarian systems.