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> but the court is also pro-gerrymandering See the redistricting of North Carolina > so the unpopularity is unlikely to have any real impact on elections Or

> but the court is also pro-gerrymandering See the redistricting of North Carolina > so the unpopularity is unlikely to have any real impact on elections Or maybe it isn't as unpopular as you think? > The country is rapidly hurtling towards religious authoritarianism, and the checks and balances to prevent that have largely been dismantled. Yes of course, because religious authoritarianism == allowing democratically elected state officials to determine their own state laws If anything is authoritarian, it's the insistence on the court creating federal "laws" where there is no majority in congress. If you want abortion protection, pass it through congress

stjohnswarts 4y ago
The GOP now has in place in several red/swing states legislatures that are ready to overrule electoral college votes determined by the popular vote and handing it over to those determined by republican legislatures. Lots of states have promoted Big Lie proponents to the highest election positions in their states, they now have a 6-3 super majority SCOTUS who will back up these decisions in the next Presidential election. Once that happens authoritarian Trumpists will take power because they have control of the military via Presidential power. If you can't see that then you've been living under a rock. That's when the American experiment fails.