https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/is-it-too-late
Today we are facing the greatest hostility to the Fourteenth Amendment since
the post-Reconstruction period. Indeed, we are now in a period of full-blown
hostility to the project of multiracial democracy.
- Sherrilyn Ifill, Reviving the Promise of the 14th Amendment
"Last week the Supreme Court allowed Texas to move forward with a racially
gerrymandered congressional district map for the 2026 congressional election.
The re-redistricted map was demanded by President Trump and “his” Justice
Department to avert the prospect of Democrats taking the House of
Representatives next November. In another “shadow docket” decision - made
without oral argument and presented with only a brief explanation - the Court
stayed the action of the federal district court which found that Texas’ new map
constituted a racial gerrymander in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments
to the Constitution and enjoined its use for the 2026 elections. The Supreme
Court granted Texas’ request for stay of the district court’s preliminary
injunction, allowing the election to proceed under the new Trump-demanded map.
The Court also announced last week that it will review on the merits
Trump v.
Barbara, the case challenging President Trump’s plainly unconstitutional
effort to overturn the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship by
Executive Order - a presidential claim of authority negated by the very
language of the 14th Amendment, and by Supreme Court precedent going back over
120 years.
Also last week, while sitting in the Oval Office with business leaders,
President Trump unleashed a grotesque racist screed against Somali Americans,
against the country of Somalia, and against a sitting United States
Representative, Ilhan Omar, who is Somali American."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
