Now we get to wait until after the midterms to see if the Supreme Court shoots down the new maps based on race after ruling that maps can’t be drawn based on race.
I think the reasoning is that since black people vote like 80% Democrat, drawing maps to ensure no black people get elected is fine. There are no federal laws against purely partisan gerrymandering, after all.
And honestly with this Supreme Court, even if the state legislatures involved said very loudly “we changed the voting districts for the express purpose of limiting black representation” they would find some convoluted way of allowing it.
Now we get to wait until after the midterms to see if the Supreme Court shoots down the new maps based on race after ruling that maps can’t be drawn based on race.
I think the reasoning is that since black people vote like 80% Democrat, drawing maps to ensure no black people get elected is fine. There are no federal laws against purely partisan gerrymandering, after all.
And honestly with this Supreme Court, even if the state legislatures involved said very loudly “we changed the voting districts for the express purpose of limiting black representation” they would find some convoluted way of allowing it.