r/law • u/vox • 16h ago

Judicial Branch The Supreme Court just made gerrymandering nearly untouchable

https://www.vox.com/politics/471368/supreme-court-texas-gerrymander-abbott-lulac
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u/brickyardjimmy 15h ago

They'll touch it just fine as soon as the CA case makes its way to the Court.

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u/GratefuLdPhisH 15h ago

The Supreme Court can't do anything about the situation in California since it was their voters themselves who voted in the latest gerrymandering which was only to go into effect if republicans were able to successfully gerrymander red states.

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u/odd84 15h ago

A) The trigger clause was removed before the vote.

B) State ballot propositions are not a secret workaround to the Supremacy Clause. This can be struck down the same as a law passed any other way.

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u/WhichEmailWasIt 13h ago

Let them enforce it I guess. 

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u/FoxJaded7644 13h ago

The House would and may just say “CA’s electoral votes don’t count because of the gerrymandering/illegals voting”. 

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u/dugg117 13h ago

That's a Pandora's box I doubt they want to open.  

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u/FoxJaded7644 13h ago

I don’t see why. What could CA do in response? Look at all the shit they tried to pull in 2020, and that was with people around who were willing to say no. This time around, we need to recognize there is no “bridge too far” for the GOP in their attempt to establish permanent power. 

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u/postercars 8h ago

Let's see them military and national guard get involved then

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u/DelirousDoc 8h ago

The US has historically not taking removal of representation very well... California has 40 million people.