• Holyginz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    a lot of southern states are horribly gerrymandered in favor or Republicans. It’s disgusting.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but not as bad as Ohio (it’s a northern state), though Alabama may be worse now given their refusal to cede to a map approved by this supreme court

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        1 year ago

        That last one actually is kinda the definition of a constitutional crisis. SC says “do the thing”; state says “make me”. We have ourselves an impasse.

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          Not really. Like that’s what happened during integration. Eisenhower brought in the national guard and integrated the schools whether the state liked it or not. It’s a major part of why we have an executive branch