Republican senators are looking for a way to avoid the political hit they took on abortion rights in the 2022 midterm election, when they suffered a net loss of one seat, as Senate Democrats ramp up to make it a top issue in 2024.  Republicans think they have a great opportunity to recapture the Senate next year, as…

  • @ki77erb
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    201 year ago

    Several recent court cases are helping to fight gerrymandering. Lets hope this continues. Changing the rules/maps to disenfranchise the votes of US citizens should be illegal.

    • @makeshiftreaper
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      131 year ago

      As a resident of one of the states that has been involved in those suits (NC) I do like that they prevented things from getting worse. However those cases won’t overturn already gerrymandered districts. In some cases courts have ruled that districts were gerrymandered and demanded new maps so every time republicans submitted even worse maps just gumming up the system until they were looked in for the next election cycle and there were no consequences