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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Could Draw 19 More House Seats
Republicans Could Draw 19 More House Seats
October 8, 2025 at 9:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 132 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/10/08/republicans-could-draw-19-more-house-seats/
Democratic voting rights groups are preparing for a nightmare scenario if the Supreme Court guts a key part of the landmark civil rights-era legislation, the Voting Rights Act a very real possibility this term, Politico reports.
Ahead of the courts Oct. 15 rehearing of Louisiana v. Callais a case that has major implications for the VRA two voting rights groups are sounding the alarm, warning that eliminating Section 2, a provision that prohibits racial gerrymandering when it dilutes minority voting power, would let Republicans redraw up to 19 House seats to favor the party and crush minority representation in Congress.
David Gans: In the two decades John Roberts has served as chief justice, the Supreme Court he presides over has repeatedly decimated the Voting Rights Act, striking a series of savage blows to the law long hailed as the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement. This term, in Louisiana v. Callais, the Voting Rights Act is in the crosshairs once again, as the courts conservative supermajority might strike down the acts last standing pillar.
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Republicans Could Draw 19 More House Seats (Original Post)
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Klarkashton
(4,314 posts)1. It's horrible that there are so many dimwits
That would continue to vote for those bastards and that this is a concern.
Turbineguy
(39,499 posts)2. More people to fuck the US.
Just what we need.
SSJVegeta
(1,713 posts)3. I dare them
Trying to further gerrymandering many of these states will have the inevitable immediate consequences of turning it into an extreme dummymander. Especially in a midterm. When the president's party is seeing extreme disapproval.
Bring. It. On.