From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Feb 4, 2026 at 11:59:13 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""  wrote:   
      
   > As vile and illiberal as various Trump policies have been since he   
   > regained the presidency, the biggest threat to our democracy has been   
   > John Roberts preventing federal courts from reviewing too many terrible   
   > choices made by state legislatures that take away rights from   
   > individuals.   
   >   
   > Yes, I've always blamed the inflexibility of the Voting Rights Act of   
   > 1964, which effectively mandates single-member districts. You see, to   
   > have minority representation, however defined, district lines must be   
   > gerrymandared to make a minority a majority of the voting population, at   
   > least in that district. With cummulative voting or other methods and   
   > multi-member districts, minorities get to define themselves and choose   
   > their own representatives, say one out of three elected, with no   
   > gerrymandering at all.   
   >   
   > But no, redistricting is political, which courts cannot review. The   
   > solution is political, except that's a Catch 22 as gerrymandering allows   
   > incumbants to select their constituency in lieu of the constituency   
   > selecting its representation.   
   >   
   > Somehow Roberts fails to recognize the obvious as it's inconvenient for   
   > his legal theory.   
   >   
   > Both political maps pushed by Trump, the Texas map favoring Republucans   
   > in congressional redistricting and the California map, in reaction,   
   > favoring Democrats, will not be enjoined. This was expected. No justice   
   > dissented.   
   >   
   >   
   > https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-california-congressio   
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   >   
   > I'm a moderate. I get zero representation.   
      
   Join the club. Thanks to Gavvy, he redistricted away all but 3% of the   
   conservative congressional delegation in California, while 40% of the state   
   votes conservative in congressional elections. We'll only have Democrats to   
   choose among from now on.   
      
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