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(4,696 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 05:32 AM 7 hrs ago

Ask Alito: If December Was Too Late To Fix Unconstitutional Gerrymandering For The 2026 Midterms, Why is May ?

"Last 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.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/05/someone-ask-alito-if-december-was-too-late-to-fix-unconstitutional-gerrymandering-for-the-2026-midterms-why-is-may-okay/

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Ask Alito: If December Was Too Late To Fix Unconstitutional Gerrymandering For The 2026 Midterms, Why is May ? (Original Post) 634-5789 7 hrs ago OP
Should be an impeachable offense. /nt bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #1
Answer is clear: Because the conservatives on the Court are political hacks. Baitball Blogger 5 hrs ago #2
Despite Chief BustUS Edwards claims PuraVidaDreamin 5 hrs ago #3
I hope to live long enough to see their names smeared in mud Baitball Blogger 4 hrs ago #5
Same reason Mitch McConnell blocked Obama's Supreme Court nominee in Feb. 2016, tanyev 4 hrs ago #4

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,678 posts)
3. Despite Chief BustUS Edwards claims
Thu May 7, 2026, 07:34 AM
5 hrs ago

May the very near history be unkind to those six circus animals.

Baitball Blogger

(52,657 posts)
5. I hope to live long enough to see their names smeared in mud
Thu May 7, 2026, 08:28 AM
4 hrs ago

and included in every American child's textbook. It will be under the chapter of how the racist agenda reemerged in the 21st Century.

tanyev

(49,559 posts)
4. Same reason Mitch McConnell blocked Obama's Supreme Court nominee in Feb. 2016,
Thu May 7, 2026, 08:05 AM
4 hrs ago

but catapulted Trump’s Supreme Court nominee in late September of 2020.


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