Originally published at: Fed Judges Rejects GOP Claim That California Maps Were Racially Gerrymandered After SCOTUS Texas Ruling - TPM – Talking Points Memo
The Trump administration’s pressure campaign to get red states across the country to engage in midcycle redistricting has hit another roadblock. A panel of federal judges rejected a Trump DOJ and California Republican Party request to block California’s new map on Wednesday — once again calling into question the efficacy of the Trump administration’s larger…
Every win matters.
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I give better then fifty fifty odds that when the convicted felon’s DOJ appeals to the Calvinball 6 they will miraculously declare that Califonia engaged in racial gerrymandering.
I go further and predict that any Blue state that gerrymanders will be be declaired racial by these alpha hotels, and any Red state will be declaired partisan. Heads I win tales you lose.
Definitely! Every loss diminishes Trump – because as Josh Marshall has often noted, all power is unitary.
Even when (let’s say “if”) the Court that Still Calls itself “Supreme” reverses the lower courts, it won’t recover the level of invulnerability that was diminished by this loss. Particularly since very few people respect the SCOTUS anymore.
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Let’s just acknowledge how insane it is that “a political gerrymander” openly designed to benefit the party in power is now established legal precedent that can be cited to strengthen the case for constitutional legitimacy.
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No mention of what “panel of federal judges” this was. IOW, which court? Ninth Circuit (which I assume because California was involved) or several district judges acting together? Do TPM reporters post solo, or is a writer’s product first subject to at least cursory editorial review? The story’s been up for almost six hours and this information is lacking.
Don’t leave the reader to assume. Identifying the court (the “who” in “who-what-where”) is significant because, among other things, it signals the next potential step: here, request for a full appellate panel review, or appeal to the circuit court of appeals. And if I had my druthers, stories about court actions/rulings/opinions would always include a link to the source document. (Yes, I’m a lawyer. Also a former reporter and editor.)
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They may not have the doc posted yet.
Every republican accusation is a confession, dishonesty, hypocrisy and sabotage are their only values.