Democrats’ court disaster
Democrats are facing political and judicial consequences for past actions such as eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominations and engaging in aggressive gerrymandering, which are now being mirrored or overturned by Republicans and the courts. Recent rulings, including one limiting racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act, threaten Democratic advantages in redistricting, particularly in the South. The long-term outlook suggests Republican gains as court decisions unravel Democratic-drawn maps and expose the party's reliance on procedural manipulation over voter persuasion.
- ▪Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees following Democrats' earlier move to do so for lower court judges.
- ▪Virginia’s Supreme Court may overturn a Democratic gerrymander that secured 10 of 11 congressional seats despite Republicans winning 46% of the vote.
- ▪The Supreme Court ruled the Voting Rights Act does not require racial gerrymandering, prompting states like Louisiana to redraw maps without racial quotas.
- ▪New York’s 2022 Democratic gerrymander followed population loss due to residents fleeing Democratic-led governance.
- ▪There are no Republican congressmen in New England despite 40% of voters identifying as Republican, highlighting extreme Democratic gerrymandering in blue states.
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Democrats keep learning the hard way that what goes around comes around. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) changed voting rules in 2017 so Democrats couldn’t filibuster Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He did the same for future Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Recommended Stories America’s left-wing political violence problem cannot be met with denial Inside Scoop: UN calls for reparations, drinking at all time low, what’s next for America in space Inside Scoop: Democratic Party problems, GOP road to 2028, and DC crime cover-up This helped President Donald Trump promote three originalist and textualist justices who, ever since, have properly confounded Democrats who wish the Constitution and statutes said what they wanted rather than what the…
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