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It's like they can't help being assholes.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yup. For those who are not aware, they structured that district specifically so that all lawsuits filed in certain zip codes in Amarillo go to this guy. So any time they need a convenient MAGA cout ruling, they find someone in Amarillo to file the lawsuit over it.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also says something about Amarillo ~~I'm~~ in general that they can always find their plaintiffs there.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmm... Sounds blatantly illegal.

Put it on the pile, I guess.

It was a key component of the southern strategy that the Republican Party focused on. Basically, you don’t need to pack every court. Just structure one area in a way that one or two ultra-con judges can rule on everything.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

When I was in high school, in government class we had an assignment where we had to draw different districts for Texas - that depending on how you divided it, you could make either party win.

It’s disgusting. It’s ultimately about denying African Americans representation.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So any time they need a convenient MAGA cout ruling,

I read this as MAGA cunt ruling

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Those two are basically the same now