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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
It’s funny. I just texted with a GOP operative who told me I was nuts for thinking this wouldn’t allow them to overturn PA’s ruling.
I seem to recall state supreme courts had final word on state constitutional issues? Am I wrong?
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Jesus Christ. We are talking about different things.
I am not interested in PA. First, because the PA decision has already been made.
Second, here's what is going to happen. Every very red state is going to gerrymander the fuck out of every possible election. And they'll do it with the most sophisticated software, ensuring maximum Republican results, which will mean waaaay more lunatic Freedom Caucus types at every possible level of government.
Then, states like Texas (that are trending blue-ward) will do the same. With their newly gerrymandered state senates, they will change the laws. They will appoint more lunatic judges who will uphold those laws. If a state has a constitutional issue with any of it, Republicans will amend it out of existence or their appointed judges will strike the provision.
But if you think any state where Republicans can now gerrymander themselves into a permanent position of power is going to self-regulate itself to fairness after this decision, you are absolutely crazy.
You combine this decision with the destruction of the Voting Rights Act and Republican goals have been met beyond their wildest dreams. The fact that the Electoral College and the existence of the Senate already gives them outsized political power wasn't enough. Your head is going to fucking spin with the levels of political gerrymandering we're about to go through.
This decision is a fucking joke.
(Also, I don't care what your friends think.)
TM
