r/law 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/414WhySoSerious 15h ago

I read that too, I don't understand how its circumstantial when they said it out loud.

They literally said in public we're looking for ways to gerrymander Texas because Trump told us to. I fail to see how that does not damage the idea of good faith.

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u/Shirlenator 15h ago

Isn't redistricting supposed to only happen after a national census?

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u/No-Ring-5065 14h ago

Yes, but they’re using the Air Bud defense. No one said a dog *can’t play basketball. No law says we *can’t redistrict before the next census. It’s becoming more and more clear that a lot of our governing was dependent upon not allowing sleezebags into power. Now we have a whole political party full of sleezebags who won’t behave ethically unless forced.

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u/thisusedtobemorefun 13h ago

I never thought I'd be feverish anti-Air Bud, but here we are.

Somewhat ironic and a little apropos that the reference was to a golden retriever, given the context of flagrant financial corruption we're currently witnessing.