Yesterday morning, I wrote about how #SCOTUS keeps *choosing* to inject itself into politics. Then, the Court did it again last night—clearing the way for Alabama to re-draw its maps *this* cycle, even though it allowed Alabama to use old, unlawful maps in 2022: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Over at “One First,” I wrote about how the redistricting chaos we’re seeing in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia is something #SCOTUS *chose,* and how it belies both the entire purpose of the “Purcell principle” and the Court’s claim that it’s staying out of the political process:227. "We're All Trying to Find...
227. "We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This"
The Supreme Court has not only accelerated the race to the partisan redistricting bottom; it is directly responsible for the chaos we're seeing on the ground.Steve Vladeck (One First)
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in reply to Steve Vladeck • • •It's a stretch to read this as injecting into politics.
The Court didn't do anything to the election. It vacated a lower court ruling that has been clearly shown to have been in error, sending the matter back to them for further processing.
The drawing of maps is STILL subject to that lower court's oversight.
This is how the machinery of the legal process works without regard to politics. This was the court STAYING OUT OF politics, leaving it to the lower courts to adjudicate.