Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.
Ahead of the court’s Oct. 15 rehearing of Louisiana v. Callais — a case that has major implications for the VRA — two voting rights groups are sounding the alarm, warning that eliminating Section 2, a provision that prohibits racial gerrymandering when it dilutes minority voting power, would let Republicans redraw up to 19 House seats to favor the party and crush minority representation in Congress.
Bye bye free and fair elections by the midterms! And people called me crazy for predicting this.
Why cant the Dems do the same thing to the GOP?
One reason is because GOP holds more state governments, but the other reason is that blue states put up safeguards, like independent commissions, to legitimize their states voting practices. CA is an example already, they need a proposition to pass while TX can simply gerrymander freely.
SCOTUS will find a reason.
Even getting there would require the dems to want to do something
Their job is to enable these kinds of actions from the GOP