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lillyfinch.bsky.social
#Gerrymandering #VotersRightsAct #SCOTUS #Fascists #Confederacy #History #Racism #Alt

Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25
WITH REMOVAL OF VOTERS RIGHTS , THE CONFEDERACY COULD RISE AGAIN KEEPING REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL REFLECTING THE U.S. 1874-1965
Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25 WITH REMOVAL OF VOTERS RIGHTS , THE CONFEDERACY COULD RISE AGAIN KEEPING REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL REFLECTING THE U.S. 1874-1965 That the Supreme Court appears to be taking aim at a constitutional amendment added to the Constitution during Reconstruction is a little too on-the-nose. When the federal government stopped enforcing the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, former Confederates took control of their states and instituted a one-party region that lasted until the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today, Nate Cohn of the New York Times explained that striking down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could eliminate more than a dozen districts in the South currently held by Democrats. Republicans could win virtually uncontested control of the South and so could control the House of Representatives even if they lost the popular vote by a significant margin. Cohn writes that Democrats would need to win the popular vote by between five to six points in order to win the House if the court strikes down Section 2. But, since gerrymandering depresses turnout of the losing party's voters, Republicans would appear to hold the country even more firmly, making the United States as a whole reflect the American South from about 1874 to 1965.
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
lillyfinch.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
#gerrymandering #votersrightsact #SCOTUS #fascists #confederacy #History #Racism #alt

Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25
WITH REMOVAL OF VOTERS RIGHTS , THE CONFEDERACY COULD RISE AGAIN KEEPING REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL REFLECTING THE U.S. 1874-1965
Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25 WITH REMOVAL OF VOTERS RIGHTS , THE CONFEDERACY COULD RISE AGAIN KEEPING REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL REFLECTING THE U.S. 1874-1965 That the Supreme Court appears to be taking aim at a constitutional amendment added to the Constitution during Reconstruction is a little too on-the-nose. When the federal government stopped enforcing the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, former Confederates took control of their states and instituted a one-party region that lasted until the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today, Nate Cohn of the New York Times explained that striking down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could eliminate more than a dozen districts in the South currently held by Democrats. Republicans could win virtually uncontested control of the South and so could control the House of Representatives even if they lost the popular vote by a significant margin. Cohn writes that Democrats would need to win the popular vote by between five to six points in order to win the House if the court strikes down Section 2. But, since gerrymandering depresses turnout of the losing party's voters, Republicans would appear to hold the country even more firmly, making the United States as a whole reflect the American South from about 1874 to 1965.
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
lillyfinch.bsky.social
#Gerrymandering #Louisiana #VotersRightsAct #SCOTUS #Fascists#AfricanAmericans #Racism #Alt

Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25
SCOTUS TO RULE ON VOTER RIGHTS POTENTIALLY DENYING AFRICAN AMERICANS REPRESENTATION
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
lillyfinch.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
#gerrymandering #Louisiana #votersrightsact #SCOTUS #fascists#AfricanAmericans #Racism #alt

Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25
SCOTUS TO RULE ON VOTER RIGHTS POTENTIALLY DENYING AFRICAN AMERICANS REPRESENTATION
Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25 SCOTUS TO RULE ON VOTER RIGHTS POTENTIALLY DENYING AFRICAN AMERICANS REPRESENTATION Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, which together challenge a federal court decision outlawing a racial gerrymander in the state of Louisiana...About a third of the people who live in Louisiana are Black, and when Republicans in the Louisiana state legislature redrew the state's congressional districts after the 2020 census, they gerrymandered through “packing” and “cracking.” They packed as many Black voters as they could into one district and then cracked the rest across five others. This meant that out of the state's six districts, only one is majority Black. Because voting patterns map onto racial patterns in Louisiana, this means that Black voters cannot elect representatives of their choice. As Madiba K. Dennie of Talking Points Memo notes, Louisiana has never had a Black senator, and no congressional district other than the majority-Black district has elected a Black representative. The state hasn't had a Black governor since Reconstruction...This shift shows the willingness of the right- wing majority on the court to gather the power of the U.S. government into its own hands.
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ngage.bsky.social
By all means.
It is no less about #VotersRights, too.
#Gerrymandering
#VotersRightsAct
#SCOTUS
October 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
isthiswhatwewant.bsky.social
#GorgiaRepublicans defied court order to change it's #CongressionalMaps that were found to violate the #VotersRightsAct. This is #ElectionInterference. The fucking #LawsOfOurLand are not supposed to be optional. These people act without any fear of accountability.

#CallToAction 🇺🇸⚖️🗽
August 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
bryanchristian.bsky.social
Bureaucratic violence in today's America.
#America #Americans #BlackAmerica #ReadThis #JimCrow #SCOTUS #VotersRightsAct #ElectionsMatter #VotingMatters #StopTrump #StopFascism #Resist✊🏿
rightsandinsights.substack.com/p/the-jim-cr...
The Jim Crow Playbook, Modernized for Today
Same goal. New tactics. Democracy is still on the line.
rightsandinsights.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
bryanchristian.bsky.social
#America #Americans #SCOTUS #Preclearance #VotersRightsAct #VotingMatters #ElectionsMatter
rightsandinsights.substack.com/p/the-protec...
The Protection the Supreme Court Took From Voters – And Why We Still Need It
The Voting Rights Act turned 60 last week. Its most powerful protection was gutted and we’re seeing the consequences.
rightsandinsights.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
middlewaysoul.bsky.social
There is NOT ‘wide-spread voter fraud.’ There IS wide-spread #VoterSuppression
#Gerrymandering
& overturning the #VOTERSRIGHTSACT
The #GOP must suppress votes; voters HATE their policies.
democracydocket.com Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · Apr 22
Republicans are claiming that noncitizens are voting in federal elections in such high numbers that it is necessary to dramatically reform voter registration processes.

Except that's not true. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
What’s Really Behind Republicans' Push for Proof of Citizenship?
Republicans are perpetuating harmful myths to pass proof of citizenship requirements that serve their own ends.
www.democracydocket.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM