The Supreme Court has preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling the district discriminated against Black voters.
The case presented the court with the tricky issue of how to distinguish race from politics. The state argued that partisan politics, not race, and a population boom in coastal areas explain the congressional map. Moving voters based on their politics is OK, the Supreme Court has held.
This right here is the real problem. Partisan gerrymandering is essentially no different than allowing the party in power to declare that their party only needs 40% of the vote to win an election, while requiring everyone else to get over 60% to win. It’s a method of rigging elections. Giving it a thumbs up is a direct attack on democracy, and is among the worst things the Court has ever done.
We need an updated voting rights act and a very different Supreme Court.
This right here is the real problem. Partisan gerrymandering is essentially no different than allowing the party in power to declare that their party only needs 40% of the vote to win an election, while requiring everyone else to get over 60% to win. It’s a method of rigging elections. Giving it a thumbs up is a direct attack on democracy, and is among the worst things the Court has ever done.
We need an updated voting rights act and a very different Supreme Court.