Timoothy Birdnow

We got a big win at SCOTUS, which says Democrats can't gerrymander by using race to take Congressional seats.

[linj=https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/29/supreme-court-smacks-down-rampant-race-based-gerrymandering/]Supreme Court Smacks Down Rampant Race-Based Gerrymandering

For decades the Democrats have drawn districts and gerrymandered sizable black communities into what had been predominantly white and they did so to allow themselves to win those seats. Their pretense was that it was about "fairnesss" and "making all voices count" but in reality it was just another naked power grab.

In his opinion on the Louisiana case Sam Alito said:

A judge had ordered Louisiana to draw up a second majority black (aka Democrat) district based on the Voting Rights Act. This led to a lawsuit before a different judge and ultimately came to the Supreme Court, which has slapped down the first judge fairly harshly.

Alito argued that the statute in the VRA did not justify race-based gerrymandering. Clarence Thomas - a black man - went further, arguing the section of the voting rights act does not pertain to redistricting at all. Neil Gorsuch joined in Thomas' opinion. He argues that the Voting Rights Act applies to voting and vote counting and says nothing about districting, which is a matter of Federalism. I would add most states have their own laws regarding civil rights and so the Federal statute shouldn't enter into tis.

This is a big win; it's going to be harder for Democrats to steal House seats in the future.

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