#callais — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #callais, aggregated by home.social.
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Their Loved Ones Died to Give Us the Voting Rights Act. They Have a Message for the Supreme Court.
One of the simplest and most immediate steps Americans can take regain control of their rights is to simply vote and force accountability on politicians. “Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,”
Paywall free version https://archive.ph/vNuUe
#VRA #Voting #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #Slavery #JimCrow #CivilRights #CivilRightsAct #SupremeCourt #constitution #USconstitution #Callais
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"Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland said that he’s never seen this much interest in proportional representation from his colleagues. Representative Don Beyer of Virginia, along with Raskin and a handful of other legislators, have co-sponsored the Fair Representation Act for almost a decade now. It’s the most complete national solution to end gerrymandering and would create a more proportional House with larger, multimember districts and ranked-choice voting. According to their vision, every district nationwide becomes a swing district, and every delegation would more closely represent the politics and racial demographics of every state. Members who have never wanted to talk about it in the past are now asking Raskin how it works."
https://newrepublic.com/article/211774/coming-census-time-bomb
#proportionalrepresentation #FairRepresentationAct #RankedChoiceVoting #Callais #VotingRights
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"Lani Guinier’s views on proportional representation were called 'dangerous' because she challenged the structures of power, and she did so in a way that would particularly benefit Black voters—the canaries in the coal mine—as well as other marginalized groups. But history has a way of vindicating these transformative ideas, from abolition to women’s suffrage to marriage equality. But this vindication can only happen if we are willing to think more radically today."
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/proportional-representation-black-vote/#
#VotingRights #VRA #Callais #ProportionalRepresentation #BlackVotersMatter
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CW: US Politics, Louisiana v. Callais in Particular
It’s Always Been About Race https://otherwords.org/its-always-been-about-race/
The Voting Rights Act focuses on results, precisely because those who oppose Black voting rights rarely admit their purpose out loud. The law specifically bars practices that give minorities “less opportunity than other members of the electorate...to elect representatives of their choice.”
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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have One Consistent Rule: Black Votes Shouldn’t Count
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Following our white supremacist SCROTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act in Callais, there is a Black led movement to fight for fair elections this fall: Freedom Summer!
Via Whitney Alese @TheReclaimed on Ig
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Republican-Appointed Judges Just Gave the Roberts Court a Stunning Rebuke – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/alabama-callais-redistricting-gerrymandering/
> A federal judicial panel strikes down an Alabama voting map the justices recently green lit.
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from @aaron.rupar
Acting AG Todd Blanche: "We're very focused on finding out whether the right people voted."
The "right people voted"
The "right people"
Did he actually say "right people" or did he say "white people"?
Because, according to the GOP (and the GOP-controlled Supreme Court (and corporate owned media interviewing rural people in diners)), only *white people* are the *right people.*
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"Callais Is Worse Than You Think. No, Even More Worse. Nope, STILL WORSE THAN THAT."
Opening Arguments covers Callais. They're right, it's still worse than that
It's not just voting, it's civil rights in general
They recommend to read Kagan's dissent
https://podcastaddict.com/opening-arguments/episode/223568854
#OpeningArguments #OpenArgsPod #USpol #VRA #VotingRights #EqualRights
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John Roberts exposed as an architect of America's democratic decay.
No surprise there.
Just thinking of the generations before us who fought and sometimes died for the ideals they believed in and I was taught as a child.
Right and wrong no longer seem to matter to most people in this country.
#Trump #SupremeCourt #Tariffs #TradeWar #UnitedStates #Geopolitics #Gerrymandering #USPolitics #Election2026 #FailedRobertsCourt #SeditionistSix #Callais #SCOTUS #Racism #Injustice #DemocraticParty #Elections #Geopolitics #MidtermElections #Politics #RedistrictingAndReapportionment #RepublicanParty #SupremeCourt #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics #Jan6 #Truth #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol #Justice #Virginia
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JohnCrow: when the Supreme Court nullifies constitutional amendments to resurrect confederate zombies
see also: #Johnimandering
#USSupremeCourt #Callais #ShelbyCounty #RhymesWithKKK #JohnCrow
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Johnimandering: when judges ignore the law and make racist, partisan election rulings confirming they have hoods matching their robes
see also: #JohnCrow
Edit: adding #Johnimandering as hashtag
#USSupremeCourt #Callais #RhymesWithKKK
#USpol #VotingRights #EqualRights #VRA #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct
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Following the US Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais that gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, this Alabama Values briefing provided legal, historical, and present-day context to help make sense of this moment. Panelists unpacked the state-level impact, what’s next, and where community members can tap in.
#Callais #Alabama
https://www.youtube.com/live/PHXyOaObL7M?si=k3r8-Jw4koqVbM0N -
Jesse Lee: "(Chief Justice John) Roberts is a Republican operative and a crook and it’s really time to stop pretending otherwise."
#SupremeCourt #Callais #SCOTUS #racism #injustice #politics #character #ethics -
Micah Erfan: "Modern Supreme Court doctrine is incredibly easy to understand:
- If it helps Republicans, it’s legal.
- If it hurts Republican, it’s illegal."
#SCOTUS #racism #injustice #Callais #politics #VotingRights -
Jonathan Martin: "The Supreme Court may argue, in gutting the Voting Rights Act, that they’re creating race-neutral districts. But the practical reality of what this means is staring political leaders and, more to the point, Black voters in the face: white Republicans fracturing African-American districts to unseat mostly Black Democrats so they can elect more white Republicans."
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Rep. James Clyburn said: "Be careful What you pray for. Republican gerrymandering could backfire":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-clyburn-gerrymander-republicans-careful-what-you-pray-for_n_6a009edae4b0cb033e522880?origin=home-latest-news-unit
#politics #racism #redistricting #Callais -
Justin Pearson: "What happened in the State of Tennessee was the largest and swiftest disenfranchisement of Black people that we've seen in at least a century. It's on all of us to organize, mobilize, and participate in bigger numbers than their maps account for."
#politics #inspiration copy: @renewedresistance #SCOTUS #injustice #racism #Callais -
FOR YEARS, SCotUS would force black & brown people to vote in unfair systems because it was too close to an election.
NOW, SCotUS sees their fav fascists about to lose this election, and they not only HALT AN ELECTION IN PROGRESS but they tell LA, others, go ahead, we won't stop you, hurry (to stop the whites from losing)!
And he has the gall to claim they're not policital?
#RobertsCourt #DredScott #Callais #decision #supreme #kangaroo #court #JohnRoberts #fascist #USA #Alito #flag #DEI -
Was watching Democracy Docket, w smart guests. Two things:
1) The #Callais decision is for minority representation what the #DredScott decision was for citizenship & due process (so #Congress passed the 14th, 15th #Amendments). The fix here is a slog.
2) Marc Elias predicts GOP attacking white districts if represented by a minority. They'll claim that SCOTUS has backed them up, which is true.
#fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #SCotUS #decision #dissent #VotingRights #democratic #representation #DEI -
The double dealing is laughable at this point.
Look it’s time to start thinking about facing facts. There is very little chance for pluralistic democracy to represent itself in upcoming elections.
What does that mean? Where does it leave us?
People have had to fight double dealing regimes before. Many, many, many times. What are you willing to do? Worth asking yourself. Worth preparing.
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The Sargent-at-Arms blocks Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson of Memphis from entering a legislative committee meeting about redrawing that state's electoral map — specifically for *the district he represents*. The measure to approve the effective elimination of the state's only majority Black voting district — replacing it with five new majority White Republican districts — follows last week's Roberts-Alito Court ruling abolishing the remaining provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
Image by photojournalist Nicole S. Hester at The Tennesseean. When history books are legalized this photo will be in them.
