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      Broken US Democracy to Blame for Current Debt Ceiling Crisis

      The Republicans must drop this wreck-the-economy threat. But we can't leave it there.

      Michael Waldman
      Jan 29, 2023

      The debt ceiling is an artifact of pre-World War II fiscal policy. In the modern era, it makes no sense that Congress must separately authorize debt to cover spending it has already agreed upon.

      Once, it was a quaint bit of Americana. Like the Electoral College, it's no longer charming.

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      Federal Court Orders South Carolina to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps

      "It's time for the South Carolina Legislature to adopt a map that allows us ALL to fairly participate in our democracy," the ACLU asserted.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jan 06, 2023

      A portion of South Carolina's Republican-drawn congressional map discriminates against Black voters and must be redrawn, federal judges ruled Friday to applause from civil rights groups.

      A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for South Carolina in Columbia found that "race was the predominant motivating factor in the General Assembly's design of Congressional District No. 1 and that traditional districting principles were
      subordinated to race."

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      Thank Court-Backed Gerrymandering for GOP House Takeover

      Recent actions--and inaction--by the right-wing majority of the U.S. Supreme Court paved the way for a Republican majority.

      Sue Sturgis
      Nov 20, 2022

      Number of previously Democratic U.S. House seats Republicans captured in this year's midterm elections by drawing congressional districts rigged to their advantage, with the chamber now under GOP control while counting is still underway in some races more than a week after Election Day: more than 12

      Year in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause, a case out of North Carolina, that partisan gerrymandering can't be challenged in the federal courts: 2019

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