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RandySF

(58,723 posts)
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 04:20 AM Sep 2020

State legislatures may become our last line of defense of the Repubicans get their SCOTUS nominee

Reproductive freedom, criminal justice and many more issues could be handed down to the state to deal with. It's time to work on thises state legislative chambers.

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State legislatures may become our last line of defense of the Repubicans get their SCOTUS nominee (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2020 OP
Correct. J_William_Ryan Sep 2020 #1
And redistricting MoonlitKnight Sep 2020 #2

J_William_Ryan

(1,751 posts)
1. Correct.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 04:22 AM
Sep 2020

The fight to protect the rights and protected liberties of the American people has moved from the courthouse to the ballot box.

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
2. And redistricting
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 04:34 AM
Sep 2020

As it stands, we need continual blue waves to just hold the House to counteract current gerrymandering. We need to take state legislatures this year to avoid another decade of disadvantage. A disadvantage that will have no remedy with a more conservative Supreme Court.

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