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BumRushDaShow

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4. The SCOTUS has basically upheld state gerrymandering

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 02:50 PM

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with the one exception that they will decide this term that is related to Sect. 2 of Voting Rights Act, which forbids minority dilution when drawing districts (Louisiana v. Callais). That case will give John Roberts the opportunity to completely destroy what is left of the VRA after he gutted other key parts in 2013.

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