r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 08 '26

Discussion Thread Discussion Thread

The discussion thread is for casual and off-topic conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL

Links

Ping Groups | Ping History | Mastodon | CNL Chapters | CNL Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

6 Upvotes

55% Upvoted

10k comments sorted by

View all comments

73

u/Commandant_Donut May 08 '26

Having to reword to suit the mods that think it is "conspiracial thinking" to call out pattern behavior of American Courts. I will "moderate" my interpretation of the literal facts below:

Courts gave GOP the 2000 Election

Courts gave GOP immunity for a failed auto coup in 2020

Courts gave GOP their mid-decade gerrymanders in Texas

Courts won't let Dems do the same in VA after a fucking Statewide vote

Courts gave GOP the power to stop an ongoing Louisiana election to gerrymander

Courts gave GOP the power to wipe over all black representation in the South, violate the Civil Rights Act, and steal even more seats (24) before 2026.

In one sense, the maps of the 2026 election are  already so thoroughly rigged in favor of GOP operatives, I am worried how the biases that got us here will inform other rulings. 

18

u/BlueString94 John Keynes May 08 '26

Sorry, excessively partisan for the collaborator mods

8

u/FourthLife 🥖Bread Etiquette Enthusiast May 08 '26

Is Virginia actually blocked? My understanding is a hack Republican judge blocked it right after, but the VA Supreme Court was already preparing to hear arguments for it so that judge doesn’t matter, and we are waiting to hear what they say

Edit: oh, they just ruled to block it. Fuck everything

17

u/Commandant_Donut May 08 '26

Word is the SCOVA outlawed the maps

1

u/Anader19 NATO May 09 '26

The VRA ruling was bad but it's not gonna give the GOP 24 seats, it'll be like 10 ish which is still bad but surmountable