(03-06-2021, 06:21 PM)mikesez Wrote: I am strongly in favor of aspects of the election bill.  
The Scotus majority in Rucho v Common cause said Congress needed to pass restrictions on gerrymandering.  A better court would have recognized that it already has jurisdiction to stop partisan gerrymandering, but that's not the court we have.
Some decisions are so terrible and short sighted they necessarily beget further terrible decisions. And yes it is worth nuking the filibuster over.  The type of gerrymandering that is about to come down the pike will permanently make both state and federal government totally unaccountable to the people.  You think it's bad now just wait.
I don't think the Democrats are answering the call on partisan gerrymandering in the optimal way, but at least they're trying.  The Republicans didn't try.