Via the #MeidasTouchNetwork @ 4:32pm EST Mar 9, 2026
#SCOTUS, abused by #Trump 4 voting against him on #Tariffs, may get last laugh; sending message 2 Trump abt #MidtermElection: No, U won’t b able 2 steal ±20 congressional seats away frm #Black Americans 4 midterms, as SCORUS sits on issuing a ruling to gut #VotingRightsAct many #MAGA thought would be issued last October
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Court watchers speculate that #Alito, because he has not authored an opinion from the court’s term last October, is writing the majority opinion in a hugely important case the court has yet to rule on concerning the constitutionality of the last remaining section of the #VotingRightsAct. If that’s the case, the #VRA — and by extension, the fate of American #democracy — will be in very, very bad shape.
#law #SCOTUS #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #authoritarianism
#Alito is essentially saying that districts drawn under the #VotingRightsAct or other federal & state laws to remedy centuries of racial #discrimination are as #racist as the #racism (including the legacy of #slavery & #JimCrow) they were meant to rectify.
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Justice #Alito’s Latest Opinion Is a Very, Very Bad Sign for #VotingRights
A decision upholding a #NewYork #GOP congressional district could be a prelude to killing the #VotingRightsAct.
#law #SCOTUS #democracy #VRA #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #authoritarianism
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/samuel-alito-opinion-new-york-voting-rights-act-supreme-court/
An important essay from Guy-Uriel Charles and colleagues about the end of the Voting Rights Act and what should come next.
"Once the current Section 2 framework goes away—as it inevitably will—the key question is what will take its place. The two primary options are unfettered majoritarianism or proportional power sharing. We suggest that unbridled majoritarianism is unsustainable in the long run... Voting-rights advocates should turn to proportional representation as the logical replacement for the current Section 2 regime."
"As a universal remedy already embraced by many advanced democracies, a proportional system sidesteps the Court’s constitutional objections by minimizing the state’s role in dividing voters by race. Instead, it grants voters, specifically voters of color, the agency to aggregate themselves according to whatever identities they find salient—racial, political, or otherwise."
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I’ve Witnessed Trump Weaponize Georgia Ballots for Years. Then He Stole Mine.
The FBI raid of Fulton County’s election hub is just one facet of a worrying pattern of election interference.I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAVE TO SAY THIS:
the purpose of a voter identification card is not only to suppress the vote, but to TRACK the vote.
voter id laws in the United States have ALWAYS come down to fascists wanting to know who is voting AND FOR WHOM, so they can suppress those votes.
the SAVE Act is not only a voter suppression law, but it’s #MAGA #fascists wanting to codify that Americans do not have a right to a secret vote ―which is a HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
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