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If December Was Too Late to Fix Unconstitutional Gerrymandering Why Is May Okay?
- hn_acker 6mo agoThe original title is: > Someone Ask Alito: If December Was Too Late To Fix Unconstitutional Gerrymandering For The 2026 Midterms, Why Is May Okay?
- WarOnPrivacy 6mo agoLast December, Justice Alito told Texans they had to vote under an unconstitutional gerrymander because changing maps in December would deprive them of “certainty” before the 2026 midterms. Yesterday, with voting already underway in Louisiana, he rushed the certified copy of the Callais ruling out the door so Southern states can hurry up and redistrict before that very same election. Over my longish life, I learned to give SCotUS justices some benefit of the doubt, because it was common to find decisions that didn't align with the signs and signaling from the court. I no longer trust the court this way because decisions seem foreordained 90% of the time - which is the same percentage that the court sides with this administration (vastly higher than ever before and more than double the norm).