#voting-rights-act

#voting-rights-act

Roberts, writing for the majority, lamented that partisan gerrymandering was pernicious and unfair. 'Excessive partisanship in districting leads to results that reasonably seem unjust,' he wrote in Rucho v. Common Cause.

The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran has already cost $25 billion, according to Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst. Hurst testified before the House Armed Services Committee yesterday alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who offered no indication of when the war might end during his combative testimony.

Gerrymandering is an attempt to thwart the will of the voters. It circumvents the vital process of democratic feedback by insulating politicians from political backlash.

From a hearty handshake and Trump telling him, 'Thank you, won't forget it' last year to getting bypassed in the handshake line at this year's State of the Union, it's been a long strange trip for Roberts. And yet he wouldn't have it any other way because for Roberts, ritualistic humiliation is a small price to pay for dismantling the Voting Rights Act.

This gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to neutralize what remains of the voting rights act and to allow states to really gerrymander racial minorities into oblivion, to deny them fair representation, Stern said. He continued, saying, it stands to give Republicans 15 to 19 more seats in the House of Representatives in the 2028 cycle. That is a bombshell. It is huge, and I feel like it's not really getting enough attention in proportion to the impact that it may well have.

The Atlantic 's David Frum opens with his thoughts on the absurd Peace Prize awarded to Donald Trump by FIFA. David discusses how the invented prize reflects what FIFA understands about our president-that he's the kind of leader who can be won over with shiny trinkets and fancy ceremonies. Then, David is joined by Michael Waldman from the Brennan Center for Justice to discuss how the Trump administration might try to undermine or even outright steal the 2026 elections.

A panel of federal judges has ruled that Texas's newly redrawn congressional districts cannot be used in next year's 2026 midterm elections, striking a blow to Republican efforts to tilt races in their favour. On Tuesday, a two-to-one majority at the US District Court for western Texas blocked the map, on the basis that there was substantial evidence to show that Texas racially gerrymandered the districts.