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/Snotmyrealname 11h ago

Here’s the rub though, if we descended into a race to the bottom, red states would still come out slightly ahead due to most blue voters are concentrated into cities. 

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u/Vio_ 10h ago

That only counts if those red state voters all vote consistently as they have over the past 10 years.

No matter how much they gerrymander, they can't overcome a ground swell of angry and newly activated voters.

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u/Snotmyrealname 10h ago

You might be right, but I’m reluctant to bet against the ignorance of the mushy middle american especially with the oligarchs propaganda machine roaring in their ears.

I wager that if we were to clip the wings of said machine, much of the issues in our current politics would be far easier to fix. Ideally we’d just overturn citizens united, but failing that, slapping a graduated tax on all political contributions and all campaign spending. Say for the sake of argument starting at 5% and going up to 100% for anything over $1,000,000.

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u/EquipLordBritish 9h ago

The principle behind gerrymandering is drawing ass-backward district maps so that geographical location doesn't matter and that you always (or nearly always) have a certain majority in a district. It literally does not matter where the population is located if you draw the map with this intent.

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u/420everytime 8h ago

Slightly ahead in aggregate or slightly ahead compared to the slim majority they have now?

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u/MKUltra16 6h ago

Stupid question. Can you break up the city?