Racist and brazenly illegal gerrymandered house maps.
The US is a corrupt, backward third world shit hole.
In a brief order, the conservative majority argued, among other things, that the District Court had intervened to block the maps too close to next year’s midterm election.
Eleven months away is too close to the next election for these clowns.
The decision has nothing to do with their stated reasons; they are in favor of racism, but don’t want to say so
Fuck that shit. They use this argument whenever it suits them. And what suits this fascist admin, suits the SCOTUS.
Didn’t Trump himself appoint SCOTUS judges “too close” to the election? Clowns.
Barrett, for starters. Nominated 38 days prior to the 2020 election, and confirmed just 8 days prior.
Dont forget 9 months is too close to an election to approve a supreme court justice nomination, unless the president is Republican and then less than a month is plenty of time
Especially since the maps were drawn up new a month ago. Or should I read more carefully?
Texas passed their new maps on August 29th. On November 18 the district court ordered them to revert to their previous maps.
Apparently the SC’s Republican cult members think this will be too difficult for Texas?
They’ve already gutted the VRA. This is reaffirming the decision.
It’s obvious bullshit. If anything that logic would uphold the stay.
Same bullshit that Mitch McConnell claimed why Obama couldn’t appoint a Supreme Court justice fuck this illegmeaite Supreme Court.
And then did a speed run to install a Supreme Court Justice like 45 days before an election under Trump.
The mask is off.
Fellow being, this particular mask has been off ever since Donny the Destroyer appointed his cronies to be SCOTUS judges - “too close” to the election, btw.
Given the midterms are every two years, 12 months is the furthest you can get from an election on either side
The Supreme Kangaroo Court of the United States strikes again. It’s kind of amazing that out of 9 justices we have 2 avowed rapists, not to mention several christian nationalists.
I 100% blame the Democratic party for this. They’ve been assisting the Republicans in their efforts to create this court for the last 40 years. Thomas should never have been confirmed to the court and Ruth Bader Ginsberg hung on at a time when she should have left while the “liberal” dems controlled both the presidency and the Senate and could easily have replaced her with a(n at least mostly) liberal justice.
It’s also frustrating that they let a seat be stolen.
McConnell invents a rule out of whole cloth and blocks an appointment.
The Dems could have played hard ball, they could have gone with the line that the senate was fulfilling its role of advising and consenting by not holding a vote. They want it to be read as a rejection, make them hold a vote, say that no vote means they are fine with it.
Republicans exceed their powers every time they have them to reshape this country to their vision. Democrats refuse to use the full scope of their power to accomplish anything.
Repeat ad nauseam.
I would still place some blame on Republicans for insisting on nominating sexual offenders, corrupt pieces of shit, etc. Yes the Dems should have done more to stop them, but i think the GOP should bear some responsibility for being sociopaths
Blaming Republicans is like blaming a wolf for eating a chicken. It’s in their nature, it’s what they do. So no, I’m going to blame the farmer for allowing the wolf into the chicken coop in the first place.
Don’t blame the murderer, it’s just in their nature. Hmmm…. Pretty shit take TBH. Dems are chickenshit fail lovers, but let’s be real. The reason the SC is loaded with these scumbags is due to Republicans, Bitch McTurtle, and the Fed Soc.
This is such a dumb take.
At what point can I stop pretending we have a functioning government?
At least 11 years ago.
Of course they did. Now let’s see their rationale for overturning Californias.
It’s too close to the election to not do it
Does it even fucking matter at this point? There will be zero repercussions for the blatant disregard for the law to serve the authoritarian regime so they can say whatever they want
It’s a very confusing time for those who escape dictatorships… and then ended up here with these shenganigans…
Is it supper time yet?
If it’s too close to the election they need to approve a bill through legislature that changes need to happen before a specific number of days before an election, otherwise they are just legislating from the bench pretending it’s legal. Which is obviously the case here because they can’t argue justifications for their racist bullshit in an open forum. “The government can break the law whenever it wants, what are you going to do about it” seems to be the SC opinion here.
Redistricting unrelated to a change in the number of seats should be banned.
But if we are going to allow them, they should not be allowed to take effect until the following election cycle. This would give the court time to review the maps as well as allow the voters to have input prior to the change.
Exactly as expected. Next they’ll find that California’s redistricting is unconstitutional.
I obviously disagree with this ruling, but if they were to rule the opposite on California, the absolute sheer corruptness would be undeniable. And worthily of drastic and dramatic action on our (the citizens) part.
The corruption is already undeniable.
Okay but then it’ll be double plus undeniable. People will definitely do something in response. You’ll see.
Citizens wouldn’t even vote in their own interest, and now it’s too late. I’m convinced tens of millions of Americans will die quietly before even one stands up.
I agree.
When mom says no, just ask dad.
This is why America can’t have nice things
Those three guys probably have more in common with each other than with 99% of the population.
The way that special election in Tennessee went, instead of picking up five seats, they’re liable to only be left with five seats (after all, you can’t grab more districts without weakening your hold on others).
Crime is legal.
Crime is legal.
Crime is legal if you’re rich and/or Republican.
Feels like we need to have a Get the Fuck Out protest.
That’s very cute of you, however, fascism is there to stay.
We should start calling it Robertsmander rather than Gerrymander from now on. If having no shame while he’s living has no effect, then the best he deserves is his name being tarnished and synonymous with corruption for hundreds of years.
They are Robertsmadering
It’s heavily Robertsmandered
They want to Robertsmander everything
Saying this in my head makes my head and my jaw hurt for some reason. I think I’ll just stick with gerrymander.
