Supreme Court smacks down Democrat attempt to force Redraw of Alabama Congressional Districts

Supreme Court ^ | 2-7-2022 | SCOTUS

[TexasGurl24]

The application for a stay or injunctive relief presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court in No. 21A375 is treated as a jurisdictional statement, and probable jurisdiction is noted. The application for a stay or injunctive relief presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court in No. 21A376 is treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment. Respondents in No. 21A376 do not oppose treating the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and do not oppose granting the petition (although they do oppose granting a stay). With that fact taken into account, the petition is granted. The district court’s January 24, 2022 preliminary injunctions in No. 2:21–cv–1530 and No. 2:21–cv–1536 are stayed pending further order of the Court

[TexasGurl24]

We already have the maps. They are Democrat gerrymanders, but the Republicans will win seats in all three.

[AbolishCSEU]

Wish that would happen in our state (New York)

[virgil]

Olive branch? Democrats play for keeps. They don’t care about olive branches.

[rhinohunter]

Did roberts side with the libs?

Is water wet?

[SeeSharp]

Was this one of Eric Holder’s projects?

[oldplayer]

Yes Roberts, again, saw that justice lay on the side of the libs.

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I’ve noticed with dismay that for at least 20 years, no commentators wonder before a major decision “which liberal Justice will break ranks and side with the conservatives?”

The libs never do.

[Pining_4_TX]

Gutless Republicans must like being in the minority. They can send out scary fundraising letters telling people all the bad stuff the Democrats are doing, but they never have to do anything about it.

[Tell It Right]

Note in the opinions of the justices, Kagan capitalizes Black but not White.

Bigots like Kagan can kiss my Christian free American successful hairy white unsodomized...

[Tell It Right]

In layman's terms it means Alabama can use our newly drawn districts (something we're required to do after the 2020 census) for the upcoming 2022 election.

The Dims didn't like how the Alabama Republicans drew up the new districts, of course yelling racism over & over. A lower federal court tried to block Alabama from using the new map, saying it helps Republicans win too much and is racist and blah blah blah. Part of the Dims' strategy was to throw chaos into the upcoming election by keeping it tied up in courts and many people in Alabama not even knowing what district they're in or who's running in that district until right before the election. So Alabama asked SCOTUS to intervene and at least let the new map stay in place long enough for the upcoming election -- and SCOTUS just now gave Alabama the thumbs up to do so.

This doesn't necessarily undermine the Dims' attempts to stop the new districts from being in place for the elections after that. But IMHO the Dims will be hard pressed to make the case that the new maps is racist/cheating/whatever-ism-they-can-think-of enough to get the new district map thrown out for future elections now that SCOTUS has given its approval for the 2022 election.

[USCG SimTech]

If even the authorized state legislature re-draws districts based on race, that’s racist and a violation of federal law. For a lower federal court to rule for this to occur is shocking racism.

[Texan4Life]

Salty Liberal Tears . . .

Supreme Court sides with GOP in Alabama election map case

https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-alabama-elections-house-elections-john-roberts-ec7de9d81ce904d6a660ab98be12b845

[alancarp]

I'm seeing info that this is NOT a final judgment... it's an injunction to the order to redraw. Kavanaugh noted that with the primary coming so quickly, it was too late to mess with the districts (I would argue that if that's the case, then you can't change things between the primaries and the general election, either, but that's another question).

So at this time, things can stay as they are since we're late in the cycle, BUT Kavanaugh did not rule out changes down the road as this injunction says nothing about the merits of the case itself.

From my source (a newsy email from WVNN radio, so no link):

"However, Justice Brett Kavanaugh made it clear that this ruling isn’t completely final, only that the order must be blocked for now since the primary election is set to be held on May 24. Kavanaugh wrote, “When an election is close at hand, the rules of the road must be clear and settled.” He also said that this “stay order is not a ruling on the merits, but simply stays the District Court’s injunction pending a ruling on the merits.”

[Republican in occupied CA]

That is more sensible, really. The SCOTUS shouldn’t be weighing in on if districts are “gerrymandered” (it’s always ‘gerrymandering when the other side does it’ is a joke older than the Republican party itself), but instead the sleaziness of any last moment motion that sows chaos and confusion.

[DaiHuy]

“Did roberts side with the libs?”

Is Joe Biden senile?