A federal court has upheld the new congressional map approved by California voters last month, giving Democrats a chance to counter the nationwide redistricting effort led by President Trump and his Republican allies.
The court challenge to the redistricting plan had been brought by the California Republican Party and the U.S. Department of Justice. The court found that the new district map did not violate laws against racial gerrymandering.
The Republicans argued that the new map was motivated by a desire to increase the voting power of Latinos. The court, in a two-to-one ruling, rejected that claim, noting that voters approved the measure, called “Proposition 50” and there was no evidence they acted on racial grounds.
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- Supreme Court allows the California gerrymander: Pays 2:1
- Supreme Court allows the Texas gerrymander: Pays 1:2
- Supreme Court overturns California gerrymandering but upholds Texas gerrymandering: Pays 1:1
- Supreme Court overturns Texas gerrymandering but upholds California gerrymandering: Pays 100:1
- 2026 election not held as scheduled due to Trump activities: Pays 4:1
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What are the odds on Clarence Thomas being found doing some truly heinous things in the Epstein files, refusing to step down, and publishing an opinion that the founders really wanted Trump to become God-KKKing of the US?
Why do I feel like SCOTUS is about to say “Hold my beer” and fuck this all up?
Because they always do. It’s why Republicans have fought so hard to gain full control of it. None of the lesser courts matter anymore
I could have sworn they already did a couple months ago, stating it was too close to the election or something? Maybe I misunderstood.
They fall back to the Purcell principle when it’s convenient and didn’t get involved in Texas redistricting a full year before the next election, but when California does the same thing (via the legal avenues) all of a sudden it’s not too close to an election and they’ll likely mess with California’s redistricting. I despise the corruption of the court, but they could at least have the decency of keeping the corruption consistent.
I think they pocket-affirmed the Texas map that had been blocked by a Reagan appointee.
Doesn’t matter anymore. Trump is starting WW3 over Greenland now, there will not be any further elections in the US.
At this point. I feel like we’ll annex Canada before the midterms and he’ll just be like “ah, can’t have elections. Wouldn’t be fair for the new states. We gotta delay until they are established. For fairness and such”.
The useless Democrats at that point are just full fascist supporters. It sounds ridiculous but this is one of many reasons for a non election I could see occuring. Among others.
At least whoever survives the war will be able to drag Trump and his cabinet out of their bunkers for Nuremburg 2: orange boogaloo.
“The Canadians are putting up a lot of resistance after we butchered every single one of them in Vancouver. Oh, and I would like to remind you all that I enjoyed pulling my Canadian guest apart in the Oval Office. I’m sure you all did too, since I broadcasted it live. Inappropriate content? Not on my watch. Oh, and since the Canadians are blowing up our ICE agents, I’m going to have to cancel the elections. The Canadians will try to mess with the results, and we can’t have that, you know? We’ll resume elections when all the Canadians have been exterminated like the dogs they are.”
