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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: SCOTUS clears the way for Alabama to use its 2023 map
The district court found evidence that Alabama legislators considered race in the making of its 2023 map, something SCOTUS said states shouldn't do in Callais, and SCOTUS is still clearing the way for Alabama to use the 2023 map.
#BREAKING: Over public dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants stay of district court injunction in Alabama redistricting cases, clearing the way for Alabama to use its 2023 map.
— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2026-06-03T01:17:08.012Z
Here's a link to the unsigned majority opinion and Justice Sotomayor's dissent:
— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2026-06-03T01:19:26.836Z
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johnnyfins
(4,057 posts)Roberts. Nice legacy, too. Like you give a shit.
Mme. Defarge
(9,070 posts)walkingman
(11,195 posts)Takket
(23,831 posts)is that racial gerrymandering to create a district where a minority can be elected is illegal, but racial gerrymandering to create a district(s) to ensure a minority CAN NOT be elected, is perfectly legal.
It is bad enough that they disallowed the practice of creating districts that reflect the racial and ethnic backgrounds of the majority of its inhabitants, but they went even FURTHER than that to declare that political parties can select their own voters and draw districts to ensure no non-white group or political party has a majority of voters in any district.
in effect, there is no such thing as a House election anymore. every state can simply appoint whoever they want into the House by making it politically impossible for their opponent to win.
Free elections are an illusion.
OrlandoDem2
(3,249 posts)For any African-Americans who thought it was a good idea to vote Republican in 2024, well here we are.
Initech
(109,398 posts)Fuck SCOTUS, fuck Alabama republicans and fuck Fox News. May all these assholes rot in fucking hell.
Hassin Bin Sober
(27,514 posts)electric_blue68
(27,473 posts)Infuriating!