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c/law · by Chocolat_Chaud@lemmy.ca · 349d

Sonia Sotomayor says Americans may not know difference between presidents and kings

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/sonia-sotomayor-presidents-kings-difference

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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 349d

Its not clear to me that the "Supreme Court" does either.

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 349d
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JollyG@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 349d (3 replies)

I agree with her general point about the poor civics education of Americans. Even reading comments here on Lemmy has been enough to convince me that most Americans have no clue how their government works.

onslaught545@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 349d (2 replies)

So many people think gerrymandering applies to presidential elections.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 349d (1 reply)

When state and national legislatures are gerrymandered, and these legislatures restrict enfranchisement of the public, participation in elections lives downstream of gerrymandering.

There's also been a push by the Trump legal groups to advance "independent state legislature theory". Under this rule, the electoral college is selected by the state legislature without regard to the statewide popular vote.

Very possible we have a SCOTUS willing to uphold such an interpretation.

pezhore@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 349d

I'm fairly certain this is the endgame goal. Gerrymandering can only get the GOP so far - red states are already badly gerrymandered, there's not a ton of gains there. Populations between states aren't swinging that much to take away electoral votes from red to blue states.

But independent state legislature, now that's got legs. Gerrymandered red states stay red for state legislature, they pick the (no pun intended) "right" electoral college members, boom! No more democrat presidents.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 349d

Yeah and six of them are on the Supreme Court

Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 349d

The only “no kings” aspect of America is the title.

It was always bullshit. Projection from day one.