Supreme Court restores Louisiana voting map with majority-Black district

[Amused]

Color me surprised.

LA will now have two majority black districts out of 6 districts total to rep their 1/3 black population. This picks up a Dem seat in the house.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/supreme-court-louisiana-black-voters-congressional-district/index.html

 

[Zorba]

Amazing that they are actually doing something right. I thought for sure they would stall this forever.

 

[Amused]

OK, this is weird, the liberals voted against it. It appears to be a ploy to support gerrymandering?

 

[trenchfoot]

Short term gain for liberals in Louisiana while a long term loss for liberals nation-wide? The article seems to insinuate things that way.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Not that weird if you read the article. Liberal justices basically said "It's long enough till the election that the state's remediation process could have handled this. By getting involved we're setting precident that the USSC can overrule state decisions before the state has even been able to resolve them".

It makes sense... in a States Rights kind of way.

But consistency from this USSC? Good. Fucking. Luck.

 

[Moonbeam]

OK, this is weird, the liberals voted against it. It appears to be a ploy to support gerrymandering?

I can't believe the Supreme Court could be treacherous and have ulterior motives.

 

[trenchfoot]

I can't believe the Supreme Court could be treacherous and have ulterior motives.

In my youth I actually believed that.

 

[Moonbeam]

In my youth I actually believed that.

Seems they have become so embolden on the conservative side, so out of touch with how most of the country sees reality, that they no longer even care to pretend objectivity. Everything looks to me like reasoning from desired result backward to fit the case making new legal theories as they go. And the desired result is always politically advantageous to the rich and powerful or a sop to feed the cattle that keep them in power.

And look at the results. They are feeling victimized by all us nasty low life’s who dare to sully the honor the court used to have when justice looked out for the poor and powerless.