A big reason why it looks like they will win the House of Representatives.
If there’s a tiny GOP House majority next year, it won’t be legitimate. https://t.co/eF21nWpSWV
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 13, 2022
Still more examples, but one of the major factors in the Republicans possibly winning the house despite an abysmal midterm was the Republican controlled Supreme Court decided the voting rights act and the 15th Amendment didn’t matter and states could ignore it https://t.co/bC4ZMxyGdA
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) November 13, 2022
With the House now likely to be very close (either way), the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Rucho greenlighting partisan gerrymandering and its use of the shadow docket to put a hold on the drawing of new VRA districts in AL & LA just became that much more magnified.
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) November 9, 2022
While we await results, here’s a brief thread about something that tends to get lost in the shuffle when we talk about election outcomes: The right-wing Supreme Court tilting the electoral playing field in the GOP’s favor. (1/15)
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) November 8, 2022
Sad! 