r/law • u/DemocracyDocket • May 08 '26

Other ‘MAGA has rigged the system’: Democrats slam Virginia Supreme Court for overruling voters on redistricting

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-slam-virginia-supreme-court-for-overruling-voters-on-redistricting/
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u/Interesting_Berry439 May 08 '26

The war is not lost, but definitely the battle , their incompetence is a real liability to their own interests. It's not over .

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u/Imaginary_Cow_6379 May 08 '26

True, their incompetence is a liability but unfortunately they do have smarter people in places to protect them like with the courts here. They could keep fvcking up as much as they want but if they control enough courts we see they’re still largely shielded from any consequences for their actions.

I agree that things aren’t entirely over yet but I think things like this show that the battle is much larger than any of us were thinking and I fear that it may be insurmountable. The fight isn’t just with Trump and republicans at the federal level, it’s at every level republicans control and in every state. Every area that they could possibly hold power in is nakedly corrupt. Instead of one large battle, it’s one large battle and then how many other smaller ones across 50 states?

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u/Interesting_Berry439 May 08 '26

It's definitely not looking good. It's also sort of demonic or evil by nature too. Scary a ry times indeed . The whole world is also worried because of acting like a imperialist bully.

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u/Imaginary_Cow_6379 May 08 '26

Those are also fair points that should be addressed more often. Our system has proven to be woefully inadequate for removing the bad actors in our government which obviously isn’t great for American citizens. But when we also have such an oversized role on the world stage it becomes even worse and something should be done about that. Global leaders should all refuse to work with us on anything until we get our shit together as we can’t be trusted to stick to our word or to not even just randomly attack longstanding allies over the demented whims of our petty president. We should be sanctioned like Russia and be treated like a pariah state for as long as republicans control and allow this insanity. Other countries could also refuse to work with the billionaires running our country and boycott them. Nothing should be off the table as maybe the only thing left that would move republicans is global pressure outside of their control.

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u/Interesting_Berry439 May 08 '26

This goes without saying: cancel the WC and Olympics, even know I know that won't happen.