The GOP is asking SCOTUS to intervene under the radical theory that state legislatures can enact any gerrymander they want, no matter how illegal under state law, and the state courts are powerless to intervene. A ludicrous assertion, but there may be support for it on the reactionary right wing of the Court. We’ll see if there are five votes for it or not.

Republicans are now asking the Supreme Court to block court drawn maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

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— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 28, 2022