Politicians Can Pick Their Voters, Thanks to the Supreme Court

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The justices said partisan gerrymandering, no matter how flagrant, is beyond the reach of the courts, imperiling the fairness of future elections.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to serve as an arbiter for what counts as extreme partisan gerrymandering, opening the door for politicians of both parties essentially to pick their voters, disfavoring parties that are not in power. The decision is anathema to America’s democratic ideals.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a majority decision joined by all four of his conservative colleagues that federal courts have no power to entertain claims that politically motivated map drawing violates the Constitution. In law-speak, such questions are “nonjusticiable” — judges have neither the authority nor a proper standard to weigh such claims. “In this rare circumstance, that means our duty is to say ‘this is not law,’ ” the chief justice wrote.

Justice Elena Kagan, reading a pained dissent from the bench, called the decision “tragically wrong” and expressed “deep sadness” over what the outcome will mean for the nation.

“Of all times to abandon the Court’s duty to declare the law, this was not the one,” Justice Kagan wrote in her dissent, which was joined by her three liberal colleagues. “The practices challenged in these cases imperil our system of government. Part of the Court’s role in that system is to defend its foundations. None is more important than free and fair elections.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/gerrymandering-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

[Still In Wisconsin]

1. It's all part of the plan.

This is NOT a democracy.

[Botany]

2. Stolen elections have consequences

Roberts, Alito, Kavanugh, and Gorsuch should not be on the court.

We are way way down the rabbit hole here, people.
Steal the POTUS election and pack the court with people who will back you up
in rigging future elections and or some help in shutting down those pesky little
questions into dirty voting machines and or "help" with dark money and or "help"
from Vlad Putin too.

And God only knows the # of Federal Judge appointments McConnell denied from the
legally elected President Obama.

BTW this has been the long term plan of the right wing because they know that the demographics
and social issues are just brutal to the GOP in the long run so they have to keep power through
the courts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Crisis_Network blocked Garland but got in both Kavanugh and Gorsch.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. If we can get more Democrats elected at the State levels, we can win.....

When it comes to drawing fair Districts. We cannot sit out 2020.

Not voting is not an option.

[Blue_true]

4. I actually think that Republicans will one day rue what they are doing now.

The country's racial demographics are changing rapidly everywhere. Even in my red county that is the case, plus there are lots of racially mixed young children.

What will happen over the next decade or so is that the number and size of "safe" White enclaves will shrink dramatically, turning once safe republican areas into Blue areas and battleground areas.

[mr_lebowski]

5. Then they will have held power for as long as they could have ...

They're not going to rue their current choices because of that eventual reality, IMHO.