The White House is eyeing redistricting efforts beyond Texas to help Republicans hold the U.S. House in 2026 — and Democrats are preparing to escalate in response, with one senator vowing to go “nuclear” if needed.
What’s shaping up to be a multistate redistricting battle could mark the opening round for House control ahead of next year’s midterms, when Democrats see retaking the House as the party’s best chance to break Republicans’ hold on Congress and President Donald Trump is determined to keep the GOP’s majority. Democrats, under pressure from their base to match GOP tactics, have grown more forceful in their messaging and are taking concrete steps to push back, even as the party enters at a disadvantage.
“If they’re going to go nuclear, then so am I,” said Sen. Elissa Slotkin. “They’re forcing us into this position because they’re trying to pick their voters.”
it still blows my mind that the majority party being able to redraw district lines to stay in power is somehow legal.
It still blows my mind that Americans are still pointing at shit saying “that’s illegal” when the law hasn’t mattered for like a decade.
“Legal” is just a label the people in power put on the things they want to do. We don’t have a functioning justice system, and I’m not certain we ever did.
Blame the SCOTUS. At least some states like Pennsylvania had their courts rule gerrymandering as unconstitutional (for their state, not federally). Unfortunately, a lot of other states still gladly allow it.
Our supreme court in ohio ruled the state drawn districts were illegal 3 times in 2021-2022, but nothing was done about it and the illegal maps were used in the elections.
Also it’s completely unrelated that the governor’s son is a supreme court justice.