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6/28/19
Look at these 2 Supreme Court decisions that both came down on 6/27/19
involving Republican attempts to gain a voting advantage:
Chief Justice John Roberts joins Liberals in big census ruling
saying that the Trump administration's explanation isn't good enough
and ...
Justices decide that federal judges can't play a role
in voting maps drawn for partisan gain
All Liberal judges voted against both of these issues.
All Conservative judges (except the Chief Justice) voted for both of these issues.
Obviously, the system is badly broken and purely partisan.
There is no way to morally justify gerrymandering in a Democracy.
It is specifically designed to defeat Democracy.
So Conservative judges made up a pathetic excuse which allows it to continue
since there was no way they could rule in favor of it ... and they knew it.
The interesting question is why did Roberts vote against Republicans in the census case?
You almost get the sense that they chose to give Republicans the more important case
(the one that would best insure their continued domination
of an electorate in which they are outnumbered)
and in return, threw Liberals a bone (the less important case).
This is eerily reminiscent of 2010
when Roberts switched sides to give Americans Obamacare
but sold our Democracy out to the rich in the Citizens United case.
UPDATE 6/28
I just saw this great quote from John Fugelsang:
“
4 out of 5 SCOTUS judges
who just legalized rigging democracy via gerrymandering
were appointed by presidents ... who had lost the popular vote.”
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