Re:US House lawmakers release draft bill to prohibit state A...
by jfengel on Saturday June 06, 2026 @01:43PM
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They are routinely thrilled when it's law passed by the courts in their favor. The court has made a bewildering set of rulings on gerrymandering whose only commonality is they they always favor Republicans.
Re:US House lawmakers release draft bill to prohibit state A...
by yesco on Saturday June 06, 2026 @02:09PM
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You can agree or disagree with the consequences, but the voting rights act never had any explicit provisions about districting, this was something conjured entirely by the courts. It was even framed as a temporary measure at the time of the original ruling.
So not exactly bewildering, I personally saw it as closer to inevitable. The Supreme Court never had the power to legislate, it can only interpret, and a shaky interpretation always has an expiration date no matter how popular it is.
Re:US House lawmakers release draft bill to prohibit state A...
by yieldcrv on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:58PM
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It fits the pattern perfectly
The court invalidated part of an existing law passed by Congress, it didn’t create a national framework in the absence of any law never passed by Congress
so if Congress passes the law its fine, Congress just happens to not have a consensus forming mechanism for things the parties choose to be interested in, for decades.
Courts striking down a law passed by the legislature, voter referendum (exclusive to some states) or agency - fine, tolerable.
Courts creating a national law in the absence of one by the legislature - not fine, intolerable. Only fixable by the court overruling itself or constitutional amendment.