New York retaliates

America has changed forever. 

The new Civil War has begun.  Without guns - so far.  

Will New York House Republicans abscond to Texas to hold up the vote?  Actually, I don't even know if they have similar rules as Texas, so maybe they don't have to.

Also, is Newsom still exploring the same in California?

Related:

[A] technical briefing order in a long pending case out of Louisiana, posted on the court’s website after 5 p.m. on a Friday in August, was ominous. The order was likely intended to obscure that SCOTUS is ready to consider striking down the last remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act, known as Section 2. Such a monumental ruling, likely not coming until June 2026, would change the nature of congressional, state, and local elections all across the country, and likely stir major civil rights protests as the midterm election season heats up.

Louisiana v. Callais, the case that was the subject of last Friday’s order, is a voting case over the drawing of the state’s six congressional districts.

  Slate

This is the case of whether or not Louisiana's voting maps are drawn on racial or political basis, the former being illegal, and, in Southern states, the difference between the two being essentially nonexistent.

Color me doubtful that SCOTUS will uphold anything that's fair to people of color.

UPDATE 08/12/2025: