new maps at maximize their partisan events. and, we should be clear that the green light to do that as aggressively as you want to came from none other than chief justice john roberts and the supreme court. ruling in 2019 that federal courts cannot review partisan gerrymandering cases. now, the supreme court is a democratic constitution in part the structure of american constitutional government. and it is important to have checks, we and fundamentally the court we don t vote for justices to see the lifetime employment. and three of the six concern justices, we have an, off coney barrett, and gosar, lost a popular vote. of course neil is there because republicans blocked him from filling his vacancy in the last year in office. so you ve got this, not very democratic constitution to the supreme court, which again has
that federal courts cannot review partisan gerrymandering cases. now, the supreme court s democratic institution insofar as it is part of the structure of american constitutional governance, and it s important to have checks on sheer majority rule obviously. fundamentally the court is insulated in key ways from democratic accountability. we don t vote for justices. they receive a lifetime appointment. three of the six current conservative justices, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, amy coney barrett, were nominated by a president who lost the popular vote. of course neil gorsuch is there because republicans blocked president obama from filling his vacancy his last year in office. so you ve got this not very democratic institution of the supreme court, which, again, has its role in american constitutional governance. but the non-democratic supreme court gives the green light to more partisan gerrymandering. then you have some states where a majority of voters have expressed a desire for fa
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