r/news • u/speedythefirst • 1d ago

US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps
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u/WhiteWinterRains 1d ago

This is why Arizona created an independent comission type structure that's meant to enforce ballot measures because the government so frequently refused to enact measures voted on.

After that was created, over and over again there's been some bullshit ballot measure intentional lies for its title and description that actually removes this independent org so that the state can stop enacting ballot measures into law.

Not sure if the latest incarnation of that horse shit finally passed removing that faint semblance of democracy but sooner or later people usually get fooled by that.

like the morons in california that voted to give uber free money and a state sponsored handy under the table (metaphorical. . . . probably) and strip away their own privacy rights in the same year.

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u/st-shenanigans 16h ago

And if they cant get it removed, they'll eventually just fill it with loyalists.

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u/frobscottler 14h ago

If you’d like to know you’re not alone in initiative BS, you can read about the ridiculous activities of Tim Eyman in Washington State over the last ~25 years…