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John, did you hear what the AG said?
In a recent Twitter Spaces with Democracy Docket and election lawyer Marc Elias, A.G. Holder spoke about the United States Supreme Court’s decision to hear Moore, the independent state legislature theory (ISL) case, and other prevalent redistricting news. Here’s how the AG put it:
- North Carolina Republicans are using ISL, a truly fringe legal theory, to attack our democracy and desperately hold onto political power
- Republican maps are so unfair to voters of color that even Trump-appointed judges in Alabama struck down a GOP congressional map (The Supreme Court reinstated that map for 2022 and is now considering letting it stand for the decade in Merrill v. Caster).
- We are moving towards a system of political apartheid
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Now let’s hear Marc Elias’s comments on redistricting:
- Suppressing the vote has always been in the Republican playbook
- SCOTUS continues to dismantle the Voting Rights Act to make it more difficult to challenge gerrymandered maps
But don’t just listen to A.G. Holder and Elias, let’s listen to the Republicans themselves:
A Republican spokesman for the Republican State Leadership Committee (RLSC), said: “if Republicans and conservatives want to control the redistricting process, then winning control of state legislatures is not enough. You also need to control the supreme courts.”
We know the anti-democratic Republican playbook. Are we just going to let them execute it?
-- All On The Line
P.S. You can listen to the entirety of the Democracy Docket, A.G. Holder, and Marc Elias Twitter Spaces event here
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