Originally published at: Supreme Court Won’t Help Missouri Republicans Snatch Extra House Seat in Midterms - TPM – Talking Points Memo
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Missouri Republicans’ attempt to jam through a new gerrymander that would leave Democrats with only one House seat to their seven. Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) had to exert extra effort to try to muscle the new map through: The state allows citizens to put legislation up…
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Shadow docket time can get pretty nasty when Bart O’Kavanaugh gets the beer farts.
Why, yes, this IS what political discourse has devolved to, post-Trump.
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injunctions. Appeal expected within hours.
Because of course.
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When I sturdied Constitutional law the professor was clear a state supreme court’s decision had to go to the US Supreme Court directly. No need for an intervening district court or appellate court. Those were the days before the rocket docket, just shortly after the civil war, when states were jealous of their rights. The Supreme Court would slap down a district judge who got over his skies.
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OMG! Any bets on whether the Trump district judge’s ruling will trump the Trump supreme court justice’s ruling? I really must learn how to do Polymarket bets.
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This is a very confusing article attempting to describe a very confusing reality.
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AntiFa = Anti-Fascist
MAGA = Anti-democracy
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You look good for your age
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To be fair, there’s not a lot going on lately that might stress someone in his line of work… 
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The federal district court judge issued a ruling without even bothering to hold a hearing.
That tells you how serious this little bit of maneuvering is. (That is - not at all serious. Straight-up posturing and that’s all.)
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Wow. Beer farts sound seriously debilitating and painful. Be a good thing if trump got 'em in that case.
Painful beer farts (snicker…). Glad I gave up drinking in 2003.
Considering how many GOP gerrymanders may backfire because they diluted red areas to turn blue areas pink - based on voting patterns they assumed would still be as pro-trump & pro-GOP as they were in 2024 - I wonder how ‘solid’ Missouri’s gerrymander would be - especially with the GOP showing open contempt for allowing voters to vote on the new map?
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