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Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and clear the path for a one-party system
https://www.salon.com/2025/10/08/supreme-court-ruling-could-let-gop-add-19-house-seats-and-clear-the-path-for-a-one-party-system/
As the Supreme Court prepares to rehear Louisiana v. Callais on October 15, Democratic voting rights groups are sounding the alarm: in a new report reviewed by Politico, Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter Fund warn that scrapping Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could enable Republicans to redraw up to 19 House seats in their favor.
While a ruling in time for next years midterms is unlikely, the organizations behind the report said that its not out of the question. Taken together, the groups identified 27 total seats that Republicans could redistrict in their favor ahead of the midterms 19 of which stem from Section 2 being overturned, Politico reports.
Doing so would clear the path for a one-party system where power serves the powerful and silences the people, Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder LaTosha Brown said in a statement.
The report warns that as many as 30% of Congressional Black Caucus seats and 11% of Congressional Hispanic Caucus seats could be redrawn out of existence.

popsdenver
(622 posts)but "WHEN" as with the countless number of our other suspicions these past NINE years, ...........almost all of which have come to fruition.........
a kennedy
(34,597 posts)We are just so fawked!!!!!
aggiesal
(10,379 posts)This is one of the signature ACT's that the Heritage Foundation wants completely demolished.
Bettie
(18,947 posts)just scrap the whole thing, just declare that there is not a "right" to vote for anyone but white, Christian men.
I mean, it sounds crazy, you're thinking "They can't do that!"...but they can and if it suits their agenda, they will.
aggiesal
(10,379 posts)Only "right" to vote for white, Christian men that own property.
This one person, one vote will disappear as well, where if you own multiple properties, then you will be allow to vote in all districts where you own property.
One billionaire could possibly have 100+ votes.
Bettie
(18,947 posts)because that is the way they are moving, toward an aristocracy with the horrific orange man's family as the "royal family".
Jack Valentino
(3,558 posts)BEFORE they issue any decision on the case, NOT after!
Any such decision would be a clear signal that the BALLOT HAS FAILED,
leaving only ONE other alternative!