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Michael Podhorzer

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With the help of gerrymandering rulings by Federalist Society SCOTUS majorities, one-party rule returns to the South, almost rivaling the Jim Crow era. (Top half legislature + governor, bottom half just legislature. White = party split, blue/red = unified D/R party control.)

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It shouldn't surprise us, then, that public confidence in the Supreme Court as an institution has collapsed. (first chart) But not among Republicans—they’re thrilled, even during a Democratic presidency. (Check out the total blue/red reversal under Biden in the second chart.)

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