Texas Republicans are aggressively gerrymandering to favor Donald Trump as a response to a 2019 Supreme Court ruling that dismissed federal court intervention in partisan redistricting. Chief Justice John Roberts' ruling, which characterized gerrymandering as a political issue, has led to unchecked partisan practices. Justice Elena Kagan's dissent expressed concerns that the ruling would escalate polarization and dysfunction within government. In light of this, Trump's actions anticipate leveraging gerrymandering to shield himself from electoral consequences in upcoming elections, exacerbating the already heightened political tensions and undermining the electoral significance of November elections.
With the conservative majority's ruling in Rucho v Common Cause, gerrymandering was deemed a matter of political concern, leaving extreme practices unchecked and escalating polarization.
Justice Elena Kagan warned that the Supreme Court's leniency towards gerrymandering would lead to polarization and potentially irreparably damage American democracy.
Collection
[
|
...
]