If #Democrats ever regain power (all 3 nodes: Presidency, House, Senate), I would love to see #SCOTUS expanded to 27 justices. Use a lottery to randomly assemble groups of 9 justices to handle the caseload. And have them labor within a muscular regime of ethics and conflict of interest laws.

SCOTUS Will Let You Have Your Mail-Order Abortions (For Now)
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SCOTUS Will Let You Have Your Mail-Order Abortions (For Now)

Yes, this is the third time we are writing this this month.

^{Robyn Pennacchia (Wonkette)}

Speaker #CosplayColbert tells black #Democrats furious over Red States rushing to #gerrymander their districts in the wake of the #SCotUS decision to functionally obliterate the 1965 #VotingRightsAct:

"You don't just blow up the system when you lose."

Seriously? How ANY #Republican can say that with a straight face shows a mindboggling lack of self-awareness! 🤬

#Jan6 #January6 #Insurrection #GOPHypocrisy

#Democrats will be the first to call for #Trump to be released from the #Hague.

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Colorado governor commutes Trump ally Tina Peters' prison sentence for voting machine tampering

Gov. Jared Polis announced he is commuting the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was facing more than eight years in state prison for allowing unauthorized access to voting machines following the 2020 presidential election.

^{Jesse Sarles (CBS Colorado)}

#SCOTUS rejects #Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring #Democrats

#fuckSCOTUS #law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #midterms #RepresentationMatters #democracy #Vote
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BOOM! SAY IT LOUDER:
Gary Chambers Jr. just dragged #Louisiana Republicans — while Speaker Mike Johnson wears holes in his kneepads for Dear Leader.

#whitesupremacy #greatreplacementtheory #TuckerCarlson #racism #votersuppression

#DonaldTrump #IsraelFirst #EpsteinClass
#election
#usa #politics #news #war @politics #activism #socialmedia #protest #resistance #gerrymandering #us #trump #redistricting #mastodon #uspol #lgbtqia #congress #democrats
@blackvoices #blackmastodon #labor #justice

Meanwhile, #Republican lawmakers in #Louisiana & #SouthCarolina also presented congressional #redistricting plans that faced staunch opposition from #CivilRights activists & #Democrats.

#Republicans in Southern states have been moving quickly to try to capitalize on a recent #SCOTUS ruling in a Louisiana case that significantly weakened #VotingRights Act protections for minorities.

#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #vote

#Tennessee enacted new congressional districts Thurs that carve up a Democratic-held, #Black-majority district in #Memphis. The state Democratic Party sued Friday, seeking to prevent the districts from being used until after this year’s elections because of the tight time frame.

Even before #SCOTUS’ ruling, #Republicans & #Democrats were engaged in a #redistricting battle initiated by #Trump, each seeking an edge in the #midterms that will determine control of the closely divided #House.

#law

#Alabama lawmakers approved a plan Friday for new #US #House #primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections, sending the #legislation to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey.

The move came the same day that the #Virginia Supreme Court dealt a major setback to #Democrats by overturning a #redistricting plan that could have helped Democrats win as many as 4 additional House seats.

#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #VotingRights
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#Virginia state Supreme Court strikes down #Democrats' redrawn #US #House maps, giving #Republicans win

The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize the mid-decade #redistricting. #Voters approved the amendment April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the results of that #vote meaningless.

#law #ElectionLaw #midterms
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Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats' redistricting plan, a blow for midterm hopes.

@politico reports: "The decision is a massive loss for the party ahead of the 2026 midterms."

flip.it/MAksM_

#Virginia #Redistricting #Elections #USPolitics #Democrats #News

The latest genius Republican move to steal the election: run a #MAGA as a Democratic candidate for Senate in Nebraska! The Dems are actually supporting an independent, which has the Republicans so scared of losing that seat they are pulling this absolutely farcical stunt.

Y'all, they know what their plan is to steal 2026, and they know they are going down in flames.

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#Nebraska #Republicans #Democrats

A Trump-voting Nebraska pastor is running for Senate as a Democrat. He insists it’s in good faith. - Flatwater Free Press

In now-deleted videos of past sermons, Pastor Bill Forbes rejected evolution, warned Islamists will "overtake us" and called for a Christian revival to combat the courts, schools and other perceived enemies.

^{Andrew Wegley (Flatwater Free Press)}

#Democratic lawmakers, whose opposition means little under a #Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly, & #Black leaders across #Tennessee have compared the effort to carve up the Ninth Congressional District to #JimCrow era voter suppression tactics. They have accused conservatives of a power grab that undermines Black voters in #Memphis, who have long favored #Democrats.

#law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters

There are many problems with #USA #democracy

Like the stupid #ElectoralCollege

Gore beat Bush in 2000, Clinton beat Trump in 2016. In the popular vote. The EC erased it

Well here's another reason for you to #vote in the #primaries and the general #election:

The #Democrats, if they win enough in November, can kill the EC

It's been a 20 year effort of states agreeing to void the EC if enough agree: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

vox.com/politics/487766/nation…

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A decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay off

A Democratic wave in 2026 could deliver the key remaining states needed for a popular vote system, under this proposal

^{Andrew Prokop (Vox)}

Call your reps every day! So let's check in our list today. (thanks to 5calls.org/ )

* Oppose the ICE and CBP Budget Reconciliation Funding Bill
* Reform FISA Section 702 to Stop Government Surveillance
* Support Impeachment/resignation of Trump, Hegseth, and Patel.
* NO Public Funding of Trump's Ballroom.
* Support a war powers resolution to stop the Iran war.
* No Internet Age Verification Mandates.
* (Federal and State) Publicly investigate the figures in the Epstein files

Find your rep: house.gov/representatives/find…

Senators:
Schiff: 202-224-3841
Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)

Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841

#politics #democrats #democracy #California #santaclara #USPol #CAPol

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

^{5 Calls}

#SCOTUS tosses #Louisiana's congressional map with second majority Black district amid national #redistricting fight

The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for #Republican-led states to eliminate #Black & #Latino electoral districts that tend to favor #Democrats & affect the balance of #power in #Congress.

#law #gerrymandering #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters
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