r/Foodforthought • u/kiyomoris • 7h ago

Kagan says supreme court conservatives have made US political system ‘a nightmare’

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct/21/kagan-supreme-court-conservatives-politics-nightmare
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u/gh057 21m ago

“both political parties have been engaged in a race ​to the bottom in terms of doing these partisan gerrymanders, effectively depriving masses of citizens of their rights to voting ​equality”.

respect that she's calling them all out

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u/thataintapipe 18m ago

Yeah the gerrymandering is bad and the courts decisions on it is bad. That said Robert’s was proud of citizen United and this last what they decided to extend that free for all to the parties themselves instead of just candidates. I feel like that is way more of a threat.  When money fully guides the democratic process we are all screwed

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u/gh057 1m ago

it costs like a billion dollars to run for president