On Thursday (December 4), the Supreme Court allowed Texas Republicans to move forward with next year’s congressional elections under a redistricting map that a federal court said likely discriminates against Black and Latino voters. According to the AP, the ruling temporarily pauses a lower-court decision that blocked the map and gives the state approval to use it while the legal […]

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On Thursday (December 4), the Supreme Court allowed Texas Republicans to move forward with next year’s congressional elections under a redistricting map that a federal court said likely discriminates against Black and Latino voters. According to the AP, the ruling temporarily pauses a lower-court decision that blocked the map and gives the state approval to use it while the legal […]The post Supreme Court Allows Texas To Use Redistricting Map That Aids Republicans appeared first on Atlanta Daily World.

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  • workerONE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I listened to the supreme court discuss redistricting, and the legal arguments seemed to completely disregard the obvious nature of the purpose of redistricting, they focused only on legal precedent. You can’t just ignore what everyone knows and what everyone is thinking and look for a legal reason to allow redistricting.