Looks like Republicans won the House by explicitly defying court orders to allow Black representation

[Professor Emeritus]

For those who didn't follow it, judges blocked racially biased congressional maps in Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida that were purposely created to eliminate Black congressional seats.

The the Trump-led Supreme Court came through and overturned the judges' decisions, letting those states keep their anti-Black congressional maps.

And it looks likely that that will literally be the difference giving Republicans control of the House of Representatives, thus knocking 5 Black chairmen of Congressional Committees and 20+ Black subcommittee chairs out of power.

 

[T’Challa’s Heir]

this must be them tangibles I keep hearing about

 

[Canon]

Nah no way republicans being open racist

This just doesn’t make sense. @AAKing23 .

 

[boriquaking]

“B-b-but republicans gave me cheap gas”

 

[Luke Cage]

Coli likes its racism out in the open and affecting their legislation

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Here's the background:


Alabama Republicans eliminated a Black congressional seat. Federal judge told them they had to reinstate it.

A U.S. court rejected on Monday the Alabama legislature's redrawn U.S. congressional district map for November elections, saying it likely violated the Voting Rights Act and stood to deny Black voters an additional representative.

The ruling, which can be appealed, addresses an issue of contention between the two major political parties, in which Democrats accuse Republicans of exploiting their relative strength in state legislatures to diminish Black voting power.

In Alabama, African Americans make up 27% of the population, but ethnic minorities have a majority of voters in only one of the state's seven congressional districts.

U.S. court rejects Alabama redistricting as violating Black voting rights

A U.S. court rejected on Monday the Alabama legislature's redrawn U.S. congressional district map for November elections, saying it likely violated the Voting Rights Act and stood to deny Black voters an additional representative.

www.reuters.com

Supreme Court stepped in, and the 3 Trump judges + Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas said, "Nah, you don't actually have to, go ahead and keep the racist maps for this election."

Now only 1 out of 7 Congressional districts (14%) is majority-black, even though the state's population is over 25% Black.

Supreme court lets Alabama use maps decried as biased against Black voters

Justices put on hold a lower court ruling that state must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections

www.theguardian.com

This is EXACTLY what the Voting Rights Act was supposed to stop, and what the conservative justices destroyed when they gutted the VRA without a legislative vote and said Southern States don't need to seek prior approval for denying Black representation anymore.

 

[At30wecashout]

this must be them tangibles I keep hearing about

Oh my man you didnt know? Democrats have to deliver tangibles. Republicans being racist is a boogeyman and they have more things “we” agree with because black people are actually more conservative.

This is straight from a recent post by Tariq. This is real life his logic. Some bums on the coli feel the same way.

 

[Mordith]

That's not a bug that's a feature. Both sides is working exactly as intended family.

 

[Satsui no Hadou]

Similar to how they carved out districts here in Texas. Republicans are making a big stink about de la Cruz being elected, but those a$$holes fail to mention that nobody in the valley - where she is from - actually voted for her.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Same thing happened in Louisiana. First a judge blocked the racist maps that eliminated a majority-Black district there:

A federal judge ruled on Monday that Louisiana’s new congressional map represented a racial gerrymander and must be redrawn to include a second district that gives Black voters the chance to elect a candidate of their choice.

The judge, Shelly D. dikk of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, ordered the State Legislature to produce a revised map of the state’s six congressional districts by June 20. She also directed the state to extend the filing deadline for House candidates, now set for June 22, to July 8.

Her 150-page ruling said the House map enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature illegally packed Black voters into the Second Congressional District, then split the remaining Black voters among the remaining five districts.

Civil rights groups argued that the Legislature could easily have created a second majority-Black congressional district, but chose instead to effectively duplicate the single predominantly Black district that was in the preceding House map.

A federal judge blocks Louisiana’s congressional map, calling it a racial gerrymander.

The judge ordered the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to redraw the map to include a second district that gives Black voters the chance to elect a candidate of their choice.

www.nytimes.com

But, of course, the Supreme Court blocked that judge's ruling too, letting Louisiana keep a map that only has 1 majority-Black Congressional district even though 33% of their population is Black.

Justices nix 2nd mostly Black district in Louisiana for 2022

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. As a result, Louisiana’s November congressional elections will be held using a Republican-drawn map...

apnews.com

 

[Professor Emeritus]

In Florida, Ron DeSantis purposely knocked out two Black-controlled Congressional districts.

Ron DeSantis (R) eliminated two heavily Black congressional districts. The Republican-controlled Florida legislature this week approved a voting map drawn by DeSantis that eliminates districts now represented by Reps. Val Demings and Al Lawson, both Black Democrats. The Senate approved the map earlier this week, and the state House adopted it in a party-line vote on Thursday after Black lawmakers temporarily halted proceedings with a sit-in protest.

Florida's DeSantis erases two districts that sent Black people to Congress | Facing South

Over protests by the state's Black lawmakers, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed his fellow Republicans to adopt a congressional district map that is expected to slash the number of Black representatives for the state. The new map could be challenged in court, but appellate courts have recently...

www.facingsouth.org

A judge ruled it was unconstitutional gerrymandering, saying, "I am finding the enacted map is unconstitutional because it diminishes African Americans’ ability to elect candidates of their choice,” circuit judge Layne Smith said on Wednesday, according to the Tributary. Lawyers for the state of Florida are expected to immediately appeal the ruling, and the Florida supreme court will probably ultimately decide the case.

Judge strikes down Florida governor’s ‘unconstitutional’ election map

Blow to Ron DeSantis as judge says new congressional districts made it harder for Black voters to elect their preferred candidates

www.theguardian.com

But the Florida Appeals Court, packed with conservatives, overturned that one too:

A Florida appeals court on Friday ruled the state can move forward with redistricting plans backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) that dismantle a largely Black district in north Florida, reversing an injunction granted by a lower court in response to a Democratic-backed lawsuit challenging the legality of the map.

Court Reinstates Florida Congressional Map Eliminating Black District

DeSantis wants to dismantle a plurality-Black district in north Florida, which critics say is a blatant attempt to dilute the power of minority voters.

www.forbes.com

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Nah no way republicans being open racist

This just doesn’t make sense. @AAKing23 .

Keep your foot on these TLRepublicans' necks.

 

[Software]

@Rhakim brehs here gonna keep acting like elections dont have consequences though. Trump getting those Supreme Court nominees is likely the most damaging thing he had done during his presidential term. Lifetime appointments...what a joke smh

 

[Canon]

Keep your foot on these TLRepublicans' necks.

I would tag more if I could remember them and wasn’t at work

 

[MrRDU]

And aint nobody gonna do shyt about it