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Topic	Anti-Gerrymandering Group Will Not Oppose Newsom Gerrymandering California
UnsteadyOwl 08/14/25 10:45:10 AM #31:	Alucard188 posted... No, but when one side refuses to play by the rules, you have to play by their playbook, or you are always going to end up on the back foot. Maybe once Dems are back in power, they will issue federal-wide anti-gerrymandering rules to stop this bullshit. Except it's not even Democrats deciding not to play by the rules. The current wave of gerrymandering in Texas and other states has been sparked by a series of Supreme Court rulings saying that partisan gerrymandering is legal. The rules should be that legislatures can't redraw their districts purely for partisan political gain, but that's not what the rules are according to the SCOTUS. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:986090319] in Anti-Gerry... [t:81026879]...</cite> <quote>Alucard188 posted... </cite><quote>No, but when one side refuses to play by the rules, you have to play by their playbook, or you are always going to end up on the back foot. Maybe once Dems are back in power, they will issue federal-wide anti-gerrymandering rules to stop this bullshit.</quote>Except it's not even Democrats deciding not to play by the rules. The current wave of gerrymandering in Texas and other states has been sparked by a series of Supreme Court rulings saying that partisan gerrymandering is legal. The rules should be that legislatures can't redraw their districts purely for partisan political gain, but that's not what the rules are according to the SCOTUS. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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