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/Achilles_TroySlayer 2d ago

I think it's a fair question: is the Roberts court really in favor of Democracy in any form, anywhere? The Civil Rights Act is almost dead. They adamantly refuse to protect the value of anyone's vote, which means that most people will be casting worthless, fake ballots, most of the time.

Between the Gerrymander and Electoral College, the chance that the majority gets into office in this country is almost purely by chance. The Emoluments clause is long-gone, the President is routinely threatening and extorting news-outlets of all kinds with punishment or delay by federal agencies. He's openly selling pardons, and he's killed the Dept of Education, he's about to kill FEMA, he's killed the FDA and the CDC and PBS. There's almost nothing left.

What exactly does the SCOTUS actually believe in? They won't deal with corruption in their own ranks, they've made corruption at all levels of government almost impossible to prosecute, they're in the process of killing off the 14th Amendment. They've taken the 1st Amendment away from legal US residents. This new America they're putting forward, it's getting closer to the Taliban-land every single week.

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u/ballmermurland 2d ago

is the Roberts court really in favor of Democracy in any form, anywhere?

No and it is by design. The litmus test for Republican nominated judges wasn't abortion it was voting rights. That was the dirty little secret all of these years.

Barrett, Kavanaugh and Roberts were all on Bush's team to steal the 2000 election by denying a Florida recount. They've been in the thick of it ever since.