You may (or may not) have heard about the brouhaha kerfuffle imbroglio ado happening in the Texas state legislature, where a passel of Democrats have fled the state in order to deny a quorum and thus prevent - for now - the passing of a bill that will alter the state's Congressional districting map ahead of the 2026 mid-term elections in a way that might gain the GOP five seats.
Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is fine, and non-judiciable, meaning they're not even going to hear those arguments. But racial gerrymandering is illegal and a violation of 14th Amendment Equal Protection. For a too-long season, Dems redrew districts on racial lines (before it was outlawed), claiming to want to increase black representation - and the maps look like that today. So as Republicans try to redraw those lines to better Republican chances, the Dem claim is Republicans are "diluting the black vote", and hence illegal under 14A. This argument would be null if the black vote weren't overwhelmingly coincident with Dems.
Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is fine, and non-judiciable, meaning they're not even going to hear those arguments. But racial gerrymandering is illegal and a violation of 14th Amendment Equal Protection. For a too-long season, Dems redrew districts on racial lines (before it was outlawed), claiming to want to increase black representation - and the maps look like that today. So as Republicans try to redraw those lines to better Republican chances, the Dem claim is Republicans are "diluting the black vote", and hence illegal under 14A. This argument would be null if the black vote weren't overwhelmingly coincident with Dems.
BAILI!
The left has this curious habit of being surprised to learn that its bright ideas can also be used by the other side.
I recently heard someone say that the Left governs as if they will never lose another election. So, yeah.