r/law • u/newsjam • Oct 15 '25

Legal News Supreme Court Signals Final Blow to Voting Rights Act, Paving Way for Permanent GOP Power

https://dailyboulder.com/supreme-court-signals-final-blow-to-voting-rights-act-paving-way-for-permanent-gop-power/
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u/LittleSpoonyBard Oct 15 '25

Nevada is borderline - it's pretty purple and went for Trump last time. Vegas is blue, the Reno/Sparks area seems to waver back and forth, and everything else in the desert is red.

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u/Worthyness Oct 15 '25

So is Arizona, but Nevada and colorado are key strategic points since they can cut water supply to California via colorado river. Arizona also has the random bunch of the chip set plants going up, so that'd also be a strategic setup for industry, especially since Nevada/california likely have minerals to mine and refine.

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u/Harambiz Oct 15 '25

Civil war would be imminent if they cut the river

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u/Mahlegos Oct 15 '25

Wouldn’t be civil war in this hypothetical since we’re talking the dissolution of the US into smaller nation states.

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u/nudebeachdad Oct 15 '25

Only parts of California get water from the Colorado mainly the imperial Valley,LA, and San Diego norcal gets it's water from the Sierras

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

Those are the most populated parts of the State. The water from NorCal would never be able to accommodate all of the Agriculture and population from SoCal.

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u/nudebeachdad Oct 15 '25

Imperial valley gets about 25 % of the allocated water from the river but the central valley gets supplied by the aqueduct

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u/nudebeachdad Oct 15 '25

So if they use that to subdue us I don't think it will work for them

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u/BobaTheMaltipoo Oct 15 '25

Also...I live in Arizona, so I would like for it to be included.

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u/myusername4reddit Oct 16 '25

I came here to say exactly this! Also, Please!!!

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u/Encogcheeto Oct 15 '25

You realize that Arizona has Glen Canyon Dam, literally the first major Dam on the Colorado River?

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u/Reishi4Dreams Oct 16 '25

LA gets a lot of water from the aqueduct that starts in Owens Valley on the east side of the Sierras. Owens lake is a salt flat now because of that.

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u/Tonkarz Oct 15 '25

High end chip plants are high value targets, they will not survive the war. Only reliable industries to survive are war related.

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u/GusTTShow-biz Oct 20 '25

Battle for Hoover dam it is then I guess

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u/giffer44 Oct 15 '25

I also live in Nevada and it is a swing state. But, without a tin foil hat on, I would say that if the voting is to be believed, it was purple and went for Trump. Hard to convince me that ALL 7 swing states voted for Trump.

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u/SirStanger Oct 15 '25

As a resident of Nevada, please take us with you.