Texas GOP Discovers 'Fairness' is Whatever They Say It Is
Funny how 'states' rights' only seem to matter when the state is doing something convenient for partisan power grabs. The same Texas politicians who scream about federal overreach are now begging the highest federal court to overturn lower court rulings. The maps in question were drawn to dilute minority voting power, a tactic as old as the polling tax. It's not about fair representation; it's
about holding power by any means necessary, even if that means bending the very principles they claim to uphold. This isn't just about Texas. This is a recurring play straight from the GOP playbook post-2010. Remember when Pennsylvania's Supreme Court struck down gerrymandered maps in 2018? Or North Carolina's similar battles? The party that championed 'judicial restraint' now expects the
conservative-leaning Supreme Court to rubber-stamp their electoral advantages, regardless of how transparently anti-democratic they are. One wonders if they even bother to read the Preamble anymore.