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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsControlling State Legislatures and Gov mansions is paramount to maintaining American democracy.
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This is what I have been saying. They have their eye on SCOTUSs 2016 Evenwel decision. The long game for them is to have state redistricting be based on citizenship only. This is why we have to be vigilant and ready to challenge this nefarious agenda.
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Laurence Tribe
Scary subtext of the Rose Garden fiasco: Trump & Barr may try to get State Legislatures to draw congressional district lines by counting CITIZENS ONLY, rather than by counting ALL PERSONS. And theyll use sources other than the CENSUS to do the data mining. Ominous.
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Laurence Tribe
Scary subtext of the Rose Garden fiasco: Trump & Barr may try to get State Legislatures to draw congressional district lines by counting CITIZENS ONLY, rather than by counting ALL PERSONS. And theyll use sources other than the CENSUS to do the data mining. Ominous.
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Controlling State Legislatures and Gov mansions is paramount to maintaining American democracy. (Original Post)
Roland99
Jul 2019
OP
Which is why GOTV is even more important. Quality candidates. Growing party unity
Roland99
Jul 2019
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Kablooie
(18,634 posts)1. I fear Republicans will be controlling so much of the electorate that...
in the next decade while the citizens of the U.S. turn to the left, the government will turn sharply to the right.
We will be living in an extremist Fox News conservative hell hole and have no meaningful way to control it.
I hate to say it but the Dems will have to start playing dirty like the Republicans or we will become totally irrelevant.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)2. Which is why GOTV is even more important. Quality candidates. Growing party unity
The right has expanded power as a bloc. Very little infighting
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)3. Yeah. The GOP seems like a zombie bloc. Anything Trump or McConnell want they rubber stamp.
There doesn't seem to be any opinions or ideas at all over there.
They just automatically approve everything .
They aren't representatives. They are just blank faced, ass kissing, yes men.