A federal judge in Georgia ordered a redraw of both the state’s congressional and legislative maps Thursday, mandating that one new majority-Black congressional district and seven majority-Black legislative districts be added.
Those cases are all the more politically critical given the maps produced Wednesday by the North Carolina legislature, which would make three seats currently held by Democrats near-certain Republican flips, and a fourth a more Republican friendly tossup.
For me, it calls up associations to the end of Reconstruction and the institutionalization of white domination.
And, yes, I think the contemporary GQP wants to go there.
If any of these elections were truly fair, countrywide, the GOP would be out of business.
A few holy rollers and some born-rich pricks.
Good on Judge Jones. One state at a time.
The Judge Jones Method:
Similar to KBJ’s recent concurrence in that Louisiana voting case, pre-empting attempts by hostile legislatures to win through delay what they lost in court.
I hope this trend continues. Evaluating democracy by outcomes too, rather than just procedure or even substance.
This ruling is a stark reminder to anyone who cares that votes matter, and whining “but her emails” has seen judges like Steve Jones having to carry way more of the load for democracy than they should. It’s good that he was so thorough in his order and showing remedies for the obvious stalling tactics he expects it to face, but we’re in this mess because of the blatant and irresponsible court-stacking perpetrated by McConnell and everyone who backed his sleazy power play that, incidentally, happened to benefit tfg. We need to set aside petty squabbles and march in one direction for 2024. I don’t know if I’ll still be alive for the 2028 election, but my kids and grandkids will, and they and all the other decent people in their age groups better step up and fight now for the world they’ll be living in.
It’s high times the courts/justice put the southern states back under the voting acts act. It’s clear they can’t behave. Let’s get to the supremes once more. Let’s stop letting the courts discriminate.
We are in this mess due to gerrymandering. Without it, Democrats would have majority in House & Senate. McConnell would have never been Speaker.
The NCGOP tried this 10 years ago. They wrote a law, after Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act got struck down, that introduced new Voter Id requirements, reduced Early Voting, eliminated Same Day Registration, eliminated pre-registration for 16 and 17 year olds, and etc. The stated reason was to prevent Voter Fraud. The real reason was to suppress the Black Vote in NC. The ruling in that case stated that NCGOP used race as a proxy for political party, studied how/when Black Voters voted and tried to suppress those voting mechanisms, like early voting on Sundays after church.
If you’ve never seen this, here’s Brad and Dallas Woodhouse. Dallas was the head of the NCGOP and professional scumbag that pushed the above law. Brad is a Dem. Mom is still in charge though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q15xhG6pVUw
Thanks!
Nicely done.
Soon to be heard from the GA legislature, “but if the districts are fairly drawn we won’t be guaranteed to win!!! This can’t be, no fair!!!”
I live in the South. I can assure you that a large part of the population never LEFT there. They were just hiding under their rocks until the Rethugs set them free.
No point in going to the “Supremes” . They are currently one of the most discriminatory courts in the Land.
The quickest way to end this bs is for CA to aggressively gerrymander out McCarthy and the rest of its GOP delegation. The Supreme Court would change its tune in a heartbeat.
North Carolina next, please! This has been going on far too long, and it has only emboldened the crooks in the NC Legislature to go even further in their biased districts.
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The GOP gave up on democracy because democracy wants to be done with the GOP. They persist because Organized Money wants to be done with democracy.
Seems to me that democracy has been a way of stopping the poor from burning you out. Every now and then they forget.
What happened in NC negates Georgia. The gopoLeo courts planned years ago won’t be quickly overcome.
So, what happens after Georgia refuses to comply with the judge’s orders in the same way Alabama just flipped off SCROTUS?
How can I help make this a reality?
