Last week, the court struck down a Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district. The decision requires there to be evidence of intentional racism to prove that a map is discriminatory, making it nearly impossible to successfully challenge racial gerrymandering.
6-3 decision along partisan lines
This is what you voted for protest-non-voters, 2016 edition.
It negates any map that was designed specifically to counteract racism, because considering racism is, by definition, taking race into account. (According to their logic)
Notably, specifically designing a district map to give a specific political party an edge is not illegal. This will be a race to the bottom and all voters should be pissed. The natural end result will be states with GOP-controlled legislature will craft maps such that only the GOP can win and Dems will have to do the same to even hope to keep the playing field level.
People all across the political spectrum will lose any chance at representation, depending on how their political leanings compare with the legislature of their state.
This is what you voted for protest-non-voters, 2016 edition.
Yes protest voters did this
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Jesus Christ. The US is absolutely boned.
Well… without Mitchell McConnell ignoring the Constitution to get two extra appointees for Trump 1, we might be at a 4-5 decision the other way…
Doesn’t this negate any map, then? This seems messed up on its face.
It negates any map that was designed specifically to counteract racism, because considering racism is, by definition, taking race into account. (According to their logic)
Notably, specifically designing a district map to give a specific political party an edge is not illegal. This will be a race to the bottom and all voters should be pissed. The natural end result will be states with GOP-controlled legislature will craft maps such that only the GOP can win and Dems will have to do the same to even hope to keep the playing field level.
People all across the political spectrum will lose any chance at representation, depending on how their political leanings compare with the legislature of their state.
Thank you for explanation. It’s difficult to square away current maps that favor GQP and it not racially leaning.