jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoClarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to stop hearing cases on racist redistrictingwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down16
arrow-up1374arrow-down1external-linkClarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to stop hearing cases on racist redistrictingwww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squaresuperfes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up179·7 months agoMan, districts need to be automatically generated based on population from censuses, not some crazy game of fuck as many people over as we can Tetris.
minus-squareRedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·7 months agoThat wouldn’t serve the elite though
minus-squareCraigeryTheKid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·7 months agoor even more directly: it would require the people CURRENTLY in power to sign a law that takes away THEIR power - never going to happen. And my comment is generic enough for even “both sides” types
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·7 months agoDon’t worry, then the census data itself becomes the target for fuckery. Which is basically what happened during Trump’s presidency.
minus-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoThere’s a bill in Congress now to insert a citizenship question into the next Census. I assume it’s unlikely to go beyond the House, but they definitely haven’t given up.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoJust no more fucking districts for federal positions. Proportional representation for that. Senators also, no more of this staggered six year bullshit.
minus-squarecultsuperstar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoCome on, you know the American political system isn’t about helping people!
Man, districts need to be automatically generated based on population from censuses, not some crazy game of fuck as many people over as we can Tetris.
That wouldn’t serve the elite though
or even more directly: it would require the people CURRENTLY in power to sign a law that takes away THEIR power -
never going to happen. And my comment is generic enough for even “both sides” types
Animal farm!
Don’t worry, then the census data itself becomes the target for fuckery. Which is basically what happened during Trump’s presidency.
There’s a bill in Congress now to insert a citizenship question into the next Census. I assume it’s unlikely to go beyond the House, but they definitely haven’t given up.
Just no more fucking districts for federal positions. Proportional representation for that. Senators also, no more of this staggered six year bullshit.
Come on, you know the American political system isn’t about helping people!