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$10 says Kemp and the legislature will not comply with the order.
I'll take that bet and raise. $15 says they don't comply and they do this
Nope. Supreme Court just told Alabama to fuck off for these same shenanigans.
And Alabama will draw worse maps, then when those are thrown out for being obviously worse they'll say they have to use the original maps because there's no time to draw new ones. This ain't our first rodeo.
I think someone saw this coming, because an independent group was commissioned by the judge to make a new, equitable map, not the legislature.
I had thought along those lines. Fuck it up for now, win the election, go from there.
Liberals have a bad habit of thinking like themselves. "What would be fair?" Nah. Think like the opposition, "How can we fuck this up in our favor?"
Republicans will surely try their hardest to keep their racist maps. Hopefully what happened in Alabama will happen in Georgia and other states:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/politics/alabama-congressional-map-ruling/index.html
They've reached the "You've made your decision now let's see you enforce it" phase of fascism. If non-compliance doesn't lead to arrests or expulsion they'll ignore every deadline and court order.
I'm not sure about Kemp. He's pretty much the only Republican that's managed to be unscathed by angry voters, and I think it's because he refused Trump's demands. His brand depends on being more moderate. Still very conservative, but not so crazy as to not comply.
I am not so sure that being moderate is going to be a winning strategy for him. GA lost two Republican senate seats to Democrats because MAGA "Republicans" thought that the election was rigged and stayed home. (And I'm mostly fine with Ossof and Warnock; they're not making news, which works for me.) If not kissing Trump's ass means that the MAGAts don't vote for him, then Dems can end up taking the governors office as long as they don't try to run Stacey Abrams again. (Seriously, WTF was the state Dem party thinking? She lost against him once, you don't keep running the same candidate thinking that you're going to get a different result this time. So fucking stupid.)