@AmericaB4Others@TheTNHoller@GovBillLee@MarshaBlackburn@TheDemocrats Race based districting has always been unconstitutional. Issue has always been the difficulty in proving the violation and now it’s complicated by who gets to enforce it. Legally, it’s not “Jim Croe” as you ctrl+v in some other posts. But smacks of historical disenfranchisement.
@AmericaB4Others@TheTNHoller@GovBillLee@MarshaBlackburn@TheDemocrats They gerrymandered by making an entire well-populated county its own district? Voting patterns and race overlap so strongly there, it’s now a harder task proving the legislature targeted race unlawfully rather than merely pursuing partisan advantage. The convenient loophole.
@AmericaB4Others@TheTNHoller@GovBillLee@MarshaBlackburn@TheDemocrats Could it conveniently be both? If 90% of Black voters support Democrats, and lawmakers intentionally weaken Democratic districts, was the target political affiliation or race? That’s the loophole. Intent cannot be proven. Have you seen what the 9th district looks like now?
@AmericaB4Others@TheTNHoller@GovBillLee@MarshaBlackburn@TheDemocrats I was pointing out history. You pivoted. I don’t support segregation in any form, but it seems the state is splitting a heavily Black voting community, weakening its ability to elect candidates preferred by Black voters, and effectively diluting minority voting power.
@AmericaB4Others@TheTNHoller@GovBillLee@MarshaBlackburn@TheDemocrats Right, but surely you recognize that Republican support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not, by itself, prove that today’s Democratic Party is the same party that defended segregation before 1964. Yeah?