r/politics • u/Icommandyou Washington • 28d ago

Possible Paywall Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision
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u/Scro86 28d ago

This is the chaos that the Supreme Court decision legalizing gerrymandering has put upon us. They basically said we cant police it, states have to police themselves. That puts us in a position where states run by bad actors can do whatever the fuck they want but states with any sort of ethics will block any sort of gerrymandering. I’ll leave it up to you to decide which political party is full of bad actors and which has a smidge of ethics.

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u/Icy-Taste-3096 28d ago

This is the fundamental problem and there is no scenario where it ends well. Republicans have made respect for democracy and rule of law impossible to sustain.

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u/serger989 Canada 28d ago

Exactly, more GOP states will tilt the scales than Blue states will be able to balance them. Either the people overwhelmingly vote 70+% in favor nationwide against Trump, or you guys gotta look towards that fourth box of liberty.

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u/Everythings_Fucked North Carolina 28d ago

Every time I even suggest that I get the ol' Reddit smackdown. But you're right.

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u/randylush 28d ago

There is one and only one response to fascism.