Other Herds
SUPREME COURT LETS TEXAS GERRYMANDER STAND
The Left
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just rubber-stamped blatant voter suppression, allowing Texas Republicans to silence minority voices and steal elections through racist gerrymandering.
The Right
The Supreme Court correctly restored Texas's legal right to draw its own districts after activist judges tried to override the will of elected state legislators and disenfranchise Republican voters.
The World
Americans are shocked that politicians draw their own voting districts while lecturing other countries about democratic integrity — a system so obviously corrupt it would trigger sanctions if done elsewhere.
The Overlap
Everyone agrees that letting politicians choose their own voters instead of voters choosing their politicians is probably not ideal democracy.
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