The New York trial court didn’t just find “vote dilution.” It ordered a congressional district redrawn for the express purpose of producing a racial outcome. Justice Alito called it what it was: “unadorned racial discrimination.” That is not hyperbole. That is the Equal Protection doctrine.
The Fourteenth Amendment does not allow the government to sort voters by race to engineer results. Strict scrutiny applies. And as Alito noted, none of the recognized compelling interests were present. State law cannot override federal constitutional limits. That’s Supremacy Clause 101.
This was not a federal Section 2 case. It was a state court using state law to mandate race-conscious districting. If Section 2 survives, it survives within constitutional boundaries — not as a blank check for partisan racial line-drawing.
The “shadow docket” outrage ignores timing. With primaries months away, the delay risked locking in a constitutionally suspect map. Acting early prevented chaos later.
The real story? Hochul and Marc Elias tried to neutralize the only GOP district in NYC. Now Democrats cry federalism — while stepping over Hakeem Jeffries’ own prior statement that the NY Voting Rights Act does not apply to congressional races.
Islamophobia and false allegations (I did not engage in an ad hominem fallacy, I merely asked you a question), you do share a lot of characteristics with the current president of the US.
As someone previously asked, are you the Richard Luthmann sentenced to four years in prison for fraud and extortion? Whoever you are, you're spewing lies. And the Google photo looks just like your substack pic.
Look, I'm not going to debate you on religion. All I know is that Jesus is Lord. I don't follow a heretical pedophile as my prophet. And there is nothing false about the fact that the Democrat Party is a racist institution. The Democrats are pissed that they can't be racist with the VRA. They haven't been this pissed since Lincoln freed their slaves!
Apparently, you're not a medical professional caring for transgender children. In that case, you can shut the fuck up. Since you're obviously unaware, caring parents respect their individual child's needs. Children are entirely capable of expressing their own thoughts, and reality.
Damn the uncaring ultra-conservative justices.
Thanks to The Donald’s brazenness, the elite can now realize its biases … mostly without explanation.
The hypocrisy of this court is off the charts.
Law Dork calls this a blow to voting rights. That’s spin. Here's the real story:
https://luthmann.substack.com/p/scotus-saves-ny-11-seat
The New York trial court didn’t just find “vote dilution.” It ordered a congressional district redrawn for the express purpose of producing a racial outcome. Justice Alito called it what it was: “unadorned racial discrimination.” That is not hyperbole. That is the Equal Protection doctrine.
The Fourteenth Amendment does not allow the government to sort voters by race to engineer results. Strict scrutiny applies. And as Alito noted, none of the recognized compelling interests were present. State law cannot override federal constitutional limits. That’s Supremacy Clause 101.
This was not a federal Section 2 case. It was a state court using state law to mandate race-conscious districting. If Section 2 survives, it survives within constitutional boundaries — not as a blank check for partisan racial line-drawing.
The “shadow docket” outrage ignores timing. With primaries months away, the delay risked locking in a constitutionally suspect map. Acting early prevented chaos later.
The real story? Hochul and Marc Elias tried to neutralize the only GOP district in NYC. Now Democrats cry federalism — while stepping over Hakeem Jeffries’ own prior statement that the NY Voting Rights Act does not apply to congressional races.
https://jeffries.house.gov/2025/08/20/leader-jeffries-ny-house-dems-the-republican-effort-to-disenfranchise-millions-of-new-yorkers-cannot-go-unanswered/
You can’t have it both ways.
Setting aside how social conservatives often treat any acknowledgement of race and racial disparaties as racist, as you do here, is this you? https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/staten-island-attorney-richard-luthmann-sentenced-four-years-prison-fraud-and-extortion
You bet. Lawfare Felon like our great President Donald Trump! When you have to go ad hominem, it shows you've got nothing, Haji!
Islamophobia and false allegations (I did not engage in an ad hominem fallacy, I merely asked you a question), you do share a lot of characteristics with the current president of the US.
Haji? You should be banned.
Leftists banning speech. 🤣🤣🤣Which Alinsky Rule is that? It’s high up there!
As someone previously asked, are you the Richard Luthmann sentenced to four years in prison for fraud and extortion? Whoever you are, you're spewing lies. And the Google photo looks just like your substack pic.
They may be forced to bite the EP bullet in the Kansas driver license dispute.
Look, I'm not going to debate you on religion. All I know is that Jesus is Lord. I don't follow a heretical pedophile as my prophet. And there is nothing false about the fact that the Democrat Party is a racist institution. The Democrats are pissed that they can't be racist with the VRA. They haven't been this pissed since Lincoln freed their slaves!
"I don't follow a heretical pedophile as my prophet" is quite the contradictory statement for a trump worshipper to make.
Gender affirming care saved my life.
How?
Chris Geidner really needs to ban the bigots from commenting. These people and their hate makes me sick.
Gender affirming care saved my life.
Apparently, you're not a medical professional caring for transgender children. In that case, you can shut the fuck up. Since you're obviously unaware, caring parents respect their individual child's needs. Children are entirely capable of expressing their own thoughts, and reality.