In a brief order, the conservative majority argued, among other things, that the District Court had intervened to block the maps too close to next year’s midterm election.
Eleven months away is too close to the next election for these clowns.
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The decision has nothing to do with their stated reasons; they are in favor of racism, but don't want to say so
Dont forget 9 months is too close to an election to approve a supreme court justice nomination, unless the president is Republican and then less than a month is plenty of time
Election was already underway. There were already absentee balls cast ousting him from office when they approved his nomination
Fuck that shit. They use this argument whenever it suits them. And what suits this fascist admin, suits the SCOTUS.
Didn't Trump himself appoint SCOTUS judges "too close" to the election? Clowns.
Barrett, for starters. Nominated 38 days prior to the 2020 election, and confirmed just 8 days prior.
But wouldn't the opposite be true? Changing the maps too close to the election is a problem. "Keeping them the same too close to the election" makes no sense.
Texas passed their new maps on August 29th. On November 18 the district court ordered them to revert to their previous maps.
Apparently the SC’s Republican cult members think this will be too difficult for Texas?
They've already gutted the VRA. This is reaffirming the decision.
No no, dont even give it that much dignity. The complainants are not asking to "block the map" too close (11 months) to elections. They are asking that the map not be illicit, unethically changed 5 years early, based off the explicit public request of the President who is not meant to have power over state election matters, with the explicitly stated intent of gerrymandering out more seats for Republicans that they "deserve" than they otherwise would have won, only 15ish months to the elections (which is apparently plenty of time). Their "reasoning" doesn't make sense because it's not reasoning. It's blatant full chested support of voter suppression/disenfranchisement to bolster their party and their autocratic President. They're so full of shit you could smell them talking from the next room over. Fuck those lying, cheating, corrupt, un-American, fascist cunts.
The Supreme Kangaroo Court of the United States strikes again. It’s kind of amazing that out of 9 justices we have 2 avowed rapists, not to mention several christian nationalists.
I 100% blame the Democratic party for this. They've been assisting the Republicans in their efforts to create this court for the last 40 years. Thomas should never have been confirmed to the court and Ruth Bader Ginsberg hung on at a time when she should have left while the "liberal" dems controlled both the presidency and the Senate and could easily have replaced her with a(n at least mostly) liberal justice.
It’s also frustrating that they let a seat be stolen.
McConnell invents a rule out of whole cloth and blocks an appointment.
The Dems could have played hard ball, they could have gone with the line that the senate was fulfilling its role of advising and consenting by not holding a vote. They want it to be read as a rejection, make them hold a vote, say that no vote means they are fine with it.
Republicans exceed their powers every time they have them to reshape this country to their vision. Democrats refuse to use the full scope of their power to accomplish anything.
Repeat ad nauseam.
I would still place some blame on Republicans for insisting on nominating sexual offenders, corrupt pieces of shit, etc. Yes the Dems should have done more to stop them, but i think the GOP should bear some responsibility for being sociopaths
Republicans aren’t people (although they are human). Blaming them is like blaming rabid animals. You might think this is an exaggeration. Technically, only 5% of people are psychopathic, but the condition is a spectrum. Sub-diagnostically, it’s closer to 30% of the population. Those are the folks happy to ban abortion, criminalize homosexuality, etc. A main feature of psychopathy is an indifference to the truth, moral and empirical, and the suffering of others.
With the benefit of hindsight we know RBJ should have stepped down sooner, but realistically the last opportunity was in 2014. Blaming her (and the democrats) entirely, but not blaming the republicians who blocked Obama's nomination is like blaming an abuse survivor for what happened to them, and not the abuser.
She died in 2020 of old age. How much foresight do you fucking need. She should have stepped down and a lot of people were telling her that.
Of course they did. Now let's see their rationale for overturning Californias.
It's too close to the election to not do it
Does it even fucking matter at this point? There will be zero repercussions for the blatant disregard for the law to serve the authoritarian regime so they can say whatever they want
If that happens, nations around the globe should really wake up to the threat coming from the USA.
...oh, who am I kidding...
Yeah, for real. Let’s hope the Majestic Imperious High Court deigns to grace us with any explanation. They love their emergency docket…
Here's the fun part. They'll use the shadow docket and won't give any rationale.
At what point can I stop pretending we have a functioning government?
It functions pretty well at enriching a select few corporations and wealthy elites.
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We should start calling it Robertsmander rather than Gerrymander from now on. If having no shame while he's living has no effect, then the best he deserves is his name being tarnished and synonymous with corruption for hundreds of years.
They are Robertsmadering
It's heavily Robertsmandered
They want to Robertsmander everything
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Exactly as expected. Next they'll find that California's redistricting is unconstitutional.
I obviously disagree with this ruling, but if they were to rule the opposite on California, the absolute sheer corruptness would be undeniable. And worthily of drastic and dramatic action on our (the citizens) part.
The corruption is already undeniable.
Okay but then it'll be double plus undeniable. People will definitely do something in response. You'll see.
Their sheer corruptness is already undeniable. The six right wing hacks regularly make decisions that are blatantly and obviously unconstitutional and write nonsense opinions to justify them. They openly accept huge bribes from those impacted by their decisions and then rule in their favor. If the GOP gave a damn about the rule of law and the Constitution they would have been impeached long ago.
Citizens wouldn't even vote in their own interest, and now it's too late. I'm convinced tens of millions of Americans will die quietly before even one stands up.
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Feels like we need to have a Get the Fuck Out protest.
That's very cute of you, however, fascism is there to stay.
If it's too close to the election they need to approve a bill through legislature that changes need to happen before a specific number of days before an election, otherwise they are just legislating from the bench pretending it's legal. Which is obviously the case here because they can't argue justifications for their racist bullshit in an open forum. "The government can break the law whenever it wants, what are you going to do about it" seems to be the SC opinion here.
This is why America can't have nice things
Fascinating stuff! It's like russia with extra steps and a gigantic amount of comical ostentatious posturing about freedoms and liberty.
Americans do love their theatrics!
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Every day MAGA trash feels safe leaving their homes is a day the rest of you show your cowardice, America
Its a hard thing to come to terms with. Families are split in two To take up arms means we are doing it against our own family members. In my case it would be my father and brother.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until.. yadda yadda!
Is it supper time yet?
Everything is shitty and terrible and we’re not even a year in. :(
When mom says no, just ask dad.
Agreed! It's MUCH too Close to an Election to Make Changes!
-The Supreme Court Justice who was appointed AFTER people ALREADY Voted!
It’s so long past the point that Americans should have begun shooting these traitors, they’re just gonna fucking let the fascism happen and tweet about it at this point.
The way that special election in Tennessee went, instead of picking up five seats, they're liable to only be left with five seats (after all, you can't grab more districts without weakening your hold on others).
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