SCOTUS Steps Up

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You've been hearing sounds of explosions across the entire country over the last 24 hours. No, that's not Iran retaliating for what we are doing to them in the Strait of Hormuz. Those are liberal heads exploding everywhere in the wake of yesterday's massive decision by the Supreme Court. And let me tell you right now, if Republicans can just do the bare minimum going into the midterms in 2026, the high court may have just saved their majority and blocked a blue wave. And so in a massive decision. Regarding, technically it was about Louisiana's redistricting map, but it's going to have massive consequences for the entire country. The Supreme Court ruled six to three, right down ideological lines, John Roberts and the five conservatives versus Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, the leftist on the court. Six to three that drawing congressional districts based on race under the Voting Rights Act is illegal and unconstitutional. And in particular, they looked at a case regarding Louisiana. in which the legislature and then several appellate, several courts, ruled that they had to create a majority minority district in Louisiana. And the high court looked at that and said, you cannot create district maps, you cannot draw congressional districts based on race. You can't authorize it, you can't compel it, you can't do it. It is illegal and contrary to the spirit of the Voting Rights Act and of the Constitution itself. And so in plain English, what this means is that many of these so-called majority minority districts that have been gerrymandered over the last 30 to 40 years. whether it be across the south, whether it be in Texas, in Florida, in Mississippi, in Alabama, in Missouri, even in Ohio, other states that have given Democrats an extra 15 to 20 seats in Congress are now going to be abolished. So in plain English, The redistricting lines are going to be changed. Congressional maps are going to be redrawn. Most of these majority minority districts are now going to be abolished. And the Republicans are now poised to pick up a minimum of a dozen seats in the upcoming midterm elections and maybe as many as 19 or 20 seats. In other words,

It looks like there will be no blue wave. In fact, again, it's hard to predict the future, but you can tell by the Democrats' reaction, to say they have gone berserk is the understatement of the century. Obama excoriated the decision. Chuck Schumer, I thought, lost his mind yesterday. Hakeem Jeffries is screaming racism, discrimination, Jim Crow, that's all he was yelling yesterday. The media is completely shell-shocked. This episode, sponsored by Mood. Okay, this is actually genius. Are you ever overwhelmed with choices at the dispensary? What if I told you that you could shop cannabis by the exact mood you want tonight? With Mood, you don't shop by strain names or confusion. You shop by how you want to feel. Want to relax after work? Sleep better, feel more creative, or be more social. Mood makes it simple. Pick the feeling, and mood recommends products to match. Mood has gummies, flour, pre-rolls, and edibles designed around your mood. I tried Mood's sleepy gummies, and within an hour I felt calm, settled, and ready for bed. No dispensary run, no second guessing, just a smooth, relaxing experience delivered to my door. It's federally legal, third party tested, and backed by a 100-day satisfaction guarantee. Go to mood. M-O-O-O-D.com. That's M-O-O-D.com. However you want to feel tonight, mood helps you get there. And so, what's now going to happen based on this decision and several other Supreme Court decisions over the last couple of weeks. is now you are going to see some of these Democrat congressional districts. After now the congressional maps are going to be redrawn in special sessions of the state legislatures. Florida, for example, just did it yesterday. They have now redrawn their congressional map, and now it will add potentially four extra Republican seats at the cost of the Democrats. Texas is going to add four, maybe even six seats, and on and on it's going to go. That if you look at now the way these maps are being redrawn, and now the Democrats can't stop it, they can't sue it, they can't use lawfare to prevent it, because the Supreme Court now has said loudly and clearly, You can gerrymander. You can redraw maps based on partisan advantage, as Samuel Alito said. But you cannot use race to redistrict these congressional maps and create these sort of majority minority congressional districts. And so with this now taking place. The Democrats are going to lose potentially 12, 15, 20 seats. That's the ballgame. That's the ballgame. It's going to be almost impossible for the Democrats to win the midterms. And so with that, they see their power starting to slip away.

And that's why they passed this ridiculous redistricting map in California under Gavin Newsom, where they're going to pick up about, I think, four seats there or five seats there. And then, of course, what happened in Virginia last week, which was a constitutional travesty. In Virginia, you have a bipartisan commission that sets the map, the congressional district lines. Right now, it is six. They have 11 seats in Congress. Six seats are Democrats. Five seats are Republicans. This new congressional map would give the Democrats 10 seats and the Republicans only one. So a four-seat pickup for the Democrats. The only problem is... They literally abused the Constitution in order to get to this new map. It is unconstitutional. It is illegal. The referendum that they held on it was unconstitutional and illegal. And it looks now like the Virginia Supreme Court is likely going to strike down this new congressional map. So the four seats that the Democrats were hoping to pick up looks like it may not materialize. So we are now in a redistricting war. And in this redistricting war, it is clear that the Democrats are going to lose. And the days of take Jim Clyburn. Congressman Jim Clyburn from South Carolina. He's from the sixth congressional district in that state. That is a racially gerrymandered state. It was created to have majority minorities. In other words, to pack in African Americans into this district so they can elect this Democrat hack, Jim Clyburn, who's been there for, what is it, almost 40 years. Those days are coming to an end. And so the days of the likes of Jim Clyburn or many members of the Congressional Black Caucus or many members of the Hispanic Caucus in which they come from these majority minority congressional districts. Because that's how they were constructed and gerrymandered. That is going to be eventually coming to an end. Many of them are going to be eliminated in the next couple of months. Now you know why the Democrats are going nuts. Because their expected blue wave where they were vowing to take back the House, maybe even the Senate. now looks more unlikely than ever. And what you're going to see is a continuing tip shift in the balance of power.

in which you're going to see Republicans get more seats and more seats. Already, Mississippi now is setting up a special session to end these majority minority districts. Alabama now is following suit. You have North Carolina. You have Missouri. You have South Carolina. This is going to lead to many more seats for Republicans. All they have to do. is wage a half-decent campaign in the midterms and actually, you know, pass something and have, you know, semi-decent governance give Republican voters an incentive to go out to vote. And it's almost impossible for the Democrats to win this November. And so this racial gerrymandering. that you have seen the Democrats do over and over again, creating these artificial districts based simply on race. That now has been eliminated, or at least declared illegal and unconstitutional, and now it looks like they're going to pay the price at the polls. Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling. has now put a stake in the heart of the Democrats' attempt to retake Congress and impeach President Trump. The Supreme Court has dealt a body blow to the Democrats. You're locked into Boston's bulldozer. The Cooner Report Weekend Edition. The Voice of Boston, WRKO.