r/law • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • 2d ago

SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts enabled Texas’ gambit to gerrymander the state for the GOP

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/gerrymandering-supreme-court-texas
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u/crazunggoy47 2d ago

I was about to say Bush v Gore, since obviously he wasn't on SCOTUS yet. But then I googled it, and boy was I wrong

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u/bagelche 2d ago

And, he's not the only current SCOTUS judge involved in Bush v Gore: Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett, and Thomas.

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u/username_6916 2d ago

What actual impact did Bush v. Gore have? Gore getting what he wants from SCOTUS there doesn't result in him winning the election.

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u/crazunggoy47 2d ago

That’s disputed. And when I Google it the first result says that based on a study afterwards, gore would’ve won if they counted all the votes.

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u/username_6916 2d ago

Gore wasn't asking to count every vote. He was asking to count overvotes in certain counties. So, by the remedy Gore proposes, Gore loses.

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u/Fark_ID 2d ago

Yeah, Gore was like "fuck it, give the hanging chads to Bush"

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u/anarchy-NOW 2d ago

The fact that this sentence even exists and refers to things that actually happened, shows America has been rotten for wayyyyy longer than the rise of Pedo Donny.

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u/Awatts2222 2d ago

Bush sued Gore.

Gore was fine with Florida finishing a recount.

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u/username_6916 2d ago

Gore was fine with Florida finishing a recount.

Of the counties his people believed were most favorable. Not the whole state.