re: SCOTUS rules on Callais

I felt like this was obvious. The LA legislature picked the worst map as there were far better options for the 2nd district.

I do believe Louisiana has enough minority residents to justify a 2nd district, but it has to make sense geographically and culturally. Baton Rouge, Lafayette & Shreveport have no business being in a congressional district together.

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So proud of my brave friend Bert Callais!

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Yeah ... I started posting about it on this board the day SCOTUS put the case on their docket.

It is, imho, literally as big as Roe v Wade.

I was watching the live feed outside of the SCOTUS building early this morning and it was clear that the decision had, once again, been leaked because there were/are a shite ton of left wing protesters with pre printed signs gathering outside the courthouse.

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that was the whole reason for the case. they gerrymandered the frick out of Louisiana to catch pockets of black communities and give them their own district because "voter rights act".

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Actually, Shelly "Suck My" Dick, a far-left nutjob and completely politicized piece of f*cking filth, essentially mandated that Louisiana have two black Congressional districts, no matter how f*cking ignorant the map had to look.

She had absolutely no f*cking authority to do this and it might be one of the worst examples of legislating from the bench we’ve ever seen in this state.

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I do believe Louisiana has enough minority residents to justify a 2nd district, but it has to make sense geographically and culturally.

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The problem is that sticking with the "race = district" mindset leads us to Callias, which now underscores what we all knew and that was that districts cannot be gerrymandered based on race. Trying to make that a criteria of any level will eventually lead to what we wound up with and we know this because most (if not all) of the most egregiously-gerrymandered districts in recent memory were done specifically to give racial minorities their own district.

That is now verboten. It will likely still happen, but it's going to have to have some sort of legitimate presentation as being done based on some other criteria.

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The problem is that sticking with the "race = district" mindset leads us to Callias, which now underscores what we all knew and that was that districts cannot be gerrymandered based on race. Trying to make that a criteria of any level will eventually lead to what we wound up with and we know this because most (if not all) of the most egregiously-gerrymandered districts in recent memory were done specifically to give racial minorities their own district.

That is now verboten. It will likely still happen, but it's going to have to have some sort of legitimate presentation as being done based on some other criteria.

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That's not really a problem, henceforth. Any lower court will have to acquiesce to the SCOTUS decision on Callais ... if the issue is race based but also on a Constitutional basis.

Anything remotely considered unconstitutional will be smacked down. Anything that appears to be done strictly with a reactionary, or purely political, mindset will have to be struck down.

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VA and CA were not based upon race

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What about Texas…

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right after California

Yes, absolutely agree.

This specific map was chosen to give Cleo a seat and kick Graves out. Marching orders from Jeff.

There were other options presented where a 2nd minority district was created and didn’t involve piecing parts of the state together.

This is the one that made the most sense to me.

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VA and CA were not based upon race

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No one said they were. They both have other problems though. VA has significant issues. They're going to lose big in court.

fricking gutless.

Just fricking declare it unconstitutional already.

All this nibbling around the edges until we get to the level of racial discrimination that is "ok" does nothing to solve the problem.