Show threadNonilex4d ago

Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

Nonilex4d ago

#GiftArticle

A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans

by Mara Gay

The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Opinion | The Betrayal of Black Voters Threatens Our Democracy

The sweeping effort to dismantle Black-majority congressional districts in the South will have far-reaching consequences for all Americans, and for our democracy.

The New York Times
Show threadNonilexJun 3

Over the course of several months, #SCOTUS has had a hand in congressional maps in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Virginia & California. Most of those decisions have benefited the #Republican Party.

The Alabama case is also the latest “emergency” order tied to the court’s April decision on the #VotingRightsAct, in which a 6-3 majority gutted the ability of groups to bring claims of racial #discrimination under that 1965 landmark #law.

#redistricting #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump #ActivistCourt

NonilexMay 29

#Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority #Black District

Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a new congressional map that would eliminate 1 of the state’s 2 majority-Black districts, making it the second Southern state to draw & approve carving out such a district since #SCOTUS weakened the #VotingRightsAct​ last month.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VRA #Trump #BigLie #ActivistCourt #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #redistricting #gerrymandering
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/louisiana-redistricting-map-majority-black-district.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority-Black District

A Supreme Court court ruling last month rejected the state’s previous congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and set off a redistricting race across the South.

The New York Times
Show threadNonilexMay 26

The policy requires #immigration #judges to get prior approval before any "official" speech. Such speaking engagements are those in which a judge "is invited to ​participate in an event because of their official position, is expected to discuss agency policies, programs or a subject matter that directly relates to their official duties or ​otherwise appear on behalf of the agency," according to court records.

#SCOTUS #Trump #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

Show threadNonilexMay 26

A group representing the #immigration #judges had also appealed the lower court's determination that ​the challenge to the #speech restraint belongs before the agencies - so long as they are functional - instead of in court. That ⁠appeal was denied Tuesday.

#SCOTUS #Trump #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

NonilexMay 26

#SCOTUS [shockingly /s] sides with #Trump in fight tied to #speech curbs on #immigration judges

SCOTUS sided on Tuesday with Trump's admin in a dispute involving a #FreeSpeech challenge by federal #ImmigrationJudges to a #US government policy restricting what they can publicly say about ​immigration.

The justices, in an unsigned ruling, reversed a lower court's decision & returned the case to that court for further proceedings.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.reuters.com/world/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-fight-tied-speech-curbs-immigration-judges-2026-05-26/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Show threadNonilexMay 11
…So far, #Republicans think they could win as many as 14 additional seats in the November elections from new districts enacted in #Texas, #Missouri, #NorthCarolina, #Ohio, #Florida & #Tennessee. #Democrats think they could win up to 6 additional seats from new districts in #California & #Utah. But Democrats suffered a major setback when the #Virginia Supreme Cour t overturned a voter-approved #redistricting amendment that could have yielded 4 more seats for the party.
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt
Show threadNonilexMay 11

Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.

#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote

Show threadNonilexMay 11

#Alabama officials pointed to the #Louisiana case as reason for #SCOTUS to end a judicial order to use a court-imposed #House map until after the 2030 census. SCOTUS overturned that order & directed a lower court to reconsider the case in light of the Louisiana decision. That could free the state to instead use a map approved in 2023 by the #Republican-led legislature that includes only 1 district where #Black residents comprise a majority.

#law #ActivistCourt #RepresentationMatters