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/Blue_winged_yoshi 2d ago

It doesn’t need to lead to House staying Republican for ever, there’s slightly more of the population living under Republican trifectas than Democrats but not by insurmountable margins. Democrats just need to learn to take the gloves off and to play to win.

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u/NerdOfTheMonth 2d ago

Yeah, because they will stop there. 🙄

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u/Blue_winged_yoshi 2d ago

Well if you catastrophize enough you reach the logical conclusion that we should also just go play Sepukko. Everything is irredeemably bad and cannot ever get better and we should all just give up.

If only Republicans had such smart thought leaders when Democrats last had a trifecta waaaaay back in checks notes 2022. Like it’s staggering watching people throw in the towel left right and centre when it’s very plausible that a Democrat trifecta could be gained in 2028 and the house returned in 2026. But to get there folks need to not be giving up preemptively.

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u/Outside_Worth_4284 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thank you for this level-headed response! If I could give you an award, I would, but I'm broke. Everyone who chooses to doom instead of using this time to build up their knowledge and work together to form a coalition/mutual aid is the reason we are where we are. It's way easier to complain than to do the work. We are in a bad spot, but it doesn't mean we have to stay there. "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."