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June 25, 2018
Supreme Court overturns ruling that threw out Texas' GOP congressional map for racial discrimination
By Marta Steele
It looks like we've finally gotten SCOTUS's answer to the gerrymandering question. I suggest purchasing white sheets for the Majority Five. There is no justification, none.Why did it take them this long? I wonder. Why table the Wisconsin and Maryland recount decisions? Did they hope that we'd all be on vacation and not notice? That's the one percent, stupids. Did they want to hit and run since it is the end of the season? I'd guess the latter.I ...
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It looks like we've finally gotten SCOTUS's answer to the gerrymandering question. I suggest purchasing white sheets for the Majority Five. There is no justification, none.
Why did it take them this long? I wonder. Why table the Wisconsin and Maryland recount decisions? Did they hope that we'd all be on vacation and not notice? That's the one percent, stupids. Did they want to hit and run since it is the end of the season? I'd guess the latter.
I suppose, . . . well, who knows how the North Carolina gerrymandering case will be decided next year? Maybe the Five can go on a hunting expedition with Dick Cheney this summer.
Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, 2000-2008" (Columbus, Free Press) and a member of the Election Integrity movement since 2001. Her original website, WordsUnLtd.com, first entered the blogosphere in 2003. She recently became a senior editor for Opednews.com. She has in the past taught college and worked as a full-time as well as freelance reporter. She has been a peace and election integrity activist since 1999. Her undergraduate and graduate educational background are in Spanish, classical philology, and historical and comparative linguistics. Her biography is most recently listed in "Who's Who in America" 2019 and in 2018 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who.