SCOTUS seems ready to scrap fair elections

Wednesday, October 15

SCOTUS seems ready to scrap fair elections, greenlight racial discrimination and hand House control to GOP

After over two hours of oral argument in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case, the Supreme Court seemed ready to scrap fair elections and let red states freely draw electoral maps that eviscerate the political power of minority voters.
“We were an underserved population. Without the fair map, people are not represented, their issues are not addressed and they have no way of getting their needs and issues addressed,” Dr. Alice Washington told Democracy Docket at a protest outside of the Supreme Court.
For a play-by-play and timeline of analysis, check out Democracy Docket’s live blog coverage of the argument.

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Missouri Republicans sue to block ‘people’s veto’ of GOP gerrymander

Missouri state officials filed a lawsuit today aimed at blocking voters’ efforts to get a measure on the ballot to overturn the state legislature’s new gerrymandered congressional map.
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Is Trump planning a military takeover?

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