The reactionary hacks on the Supreme Court might have gone too far this time.
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The Court Didn’t Just Disenfranchise Blacks. It Also Disenfranchised Cities.
The Republican redistrictings strip cities of congressional representation.
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Oliver Larkin vs. the Epstein State
Hasan Piker’s new favorite candidate was gaining surprising traction challenging self-described ‘Ron DeSantis Democrat’ Jared Moskowitz. Then DeSantis vaporized the district.
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Turning Civil Rights Inside Out
The Supreme Court has now invited racial gerrymandering, as merely political and thus beyond judicial challenge.
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The Real Reason to Worry About the Midterm Elections
Some worry about a November Trump coup. That’s far-fetched, but the ordinary forms of voter suppression are the greater concern.
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Could the New Florida Congressional Map Be a Dummymander?
Special elections have gone sharply against Donald Trump’s successes in the 2024 election. This November, the GOP’s bid to pick up four Democratic seats could similarly fall flat.
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How Trump Lost the Courts
With every passing day, another federal judge issues a scathing order to contain Trump’s autocracy and Trump keeps alienating the Supreme Court.
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America Sinks Into the Quicksand of Mid-Decade Redistricting
After the Texas-California stalemate, predicting an outcome to this debacle is futile.
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Indiana Republicans Reject Trump, Vote Down Gerrymander
The full result of Trump’s election-rigging scheme shows almost no advantage. And the way things are going, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway.
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Democratic Wave or Republican Swamp
Can Trump revulsion and voter mobilization overcome voter suppression?