After RBG’s death, Moore v Harper might kill American Democracy forever

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Yeah, Roberts' dissent sounds more negative about the current precedent than the actual stay itself; he just doesn't think precedent was misapplied.

Anyway, not mandating "separate but equal" seats would do a service to democracy in the US (as would, upthread, redistricting by CVAP rather than total population, and ending the existence of rotten boroughs where substantial fractions of the population are non-citizens). (Also, I doubt the Court would even go that far; they'll more likely just flesh out exactly what they mean by 'compact'.)

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https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1564570735561129984?cxt=HHwWgIC-8eyyvLYrAA...

At least two virtually certain ones that every current member of the Court on the right has expressed support for -- prohibiting affirmative action (possibly up to criminal penalties if Thomas has his way with it) and reviving the nondelegation doctrine (to some extent, though probably not in a retroactive way, but maybe if Thomas has his way with it) -- remain outstanding, both of which would basically revolutionize the American body politic. The former is also an overwhelmingly popular issue for the GOP (more so than Roe for Democrats; banning affirmative action is a 50-state PV winner, though probably not DC); the latter is an inside-the-weeds enough thing that most people would have no opinion, much as with Citizens United, but it probably constitute the largest change to how the government works this side of the New Deal.