Building off DDS’ comment, the headline in that TwiX post — while not fundamentally wrong — is extremely misleading; that’s not at all what SCOTUS’ decision said.
Nobody is going to “dismantle majority-black districts” for the sake of suppressing black voters; that would be just as unconstitutional as creating majority-black districts for the sake of elevating black voters (at the expense of white voters).
The decision says that race cannot be the primary consideration when drawing district lines. Period, full stop. If that means that some districts must be re-drawn because they were originally created to BE majority-black, that doesn’t mean they’ll be intentionally re-drawn to be majority-white, because that would be equally invalid.
Really, the Left should be rejoicing at this decision. Drawing district lines to intentionally create majority-black districts — and in doing so, intentionally leave other districts majority-white — just screams “Segregation now, segregation forever!”
And as a tangentially-related follow-up: If the GOP stands to gain 12 seats across just eight states, that strongly implies that the districts were intentionally drawn to suppress conservative (mostly white) voices, which means the U.S. House delegations do NOT accurately represent the People.
The GOP gaining all 12 would likely involve equal gerrymandering the other direction, which speaking for objective fairness is just as bad.
Not that the GOP gaining six would make the Left any less apoplectic.
The Left believed it was OK to discriminate in favor of a minority, but not against one.
But the reality is, and SCOTUS finally agrees, both are examples of unconstitutional behavior.
Kinda like an HOA that protects you from your neighbors but also protects your neighbors from you.
Building off DDS’ comment, the headline in that TwiX post — while not fundamentally wrong — is extremely misleading; that’s not at all what SCOTUS’ decision said.
Nobody is going to “dismantle majority-black districts” for the sake of suppressing black voters; that would be just as unconstitutional as creating majority-black districts for the sake of elevating black voters (at the expense of white voters).
The decision says that race cannot be the primary consideration when drawing district lines. Period, full stop. If that means that some districts must be re-drawn because they were originally created to BE majority-black, that doesn’t mean they’ll be intentionally re-drawn to be majority-white, because that would be equally invalid.
Really, the Left should be rejoicing at this decision. Drawing district lines to intentionally create majority-black districts — and in doing so, intentionally leave other districts majority-white — just screams “Segregation now, segregation forever!”
Or is segregation okay when they do it?
And as a tangentially-related follow-up: If the GOP stands to gain 12 seats across just eight states, that strongly implies that the districts were intentionally drawn to suppress conservative (mostly white) voices, which means the U.S. House delegations do NOT accurately represent the People.
The GOP gaining all 12 would likely involve equal gerrymandering the other direction, which speaking for objective fairness is just as bad.
Not that the GOP gaining six would make the Left any less apoplectic.
“You think Democrats are violent NOW…”
Looks ike Schumer needs to remind them what “sow the wind” leads to.