Satirical Piece: Supreme Court Upholds Retroactive 'Temporal Gerrymander' Altering 1932 Election
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The Onion Staff
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The article is a satirical piece reporting on a fictional Supreme Court ruling that upholds a "temporal gerrymander" — the ability to redraw historical congressional maps retroactively. The ruling, described as 6-3 along conservative lines, would allow the Republican National Committee to alter the outcome of the 1932 House elections, costing Democrats control and giving the GOP a supermajority. The satire uses absurdist legal reasoning to critique contemporary gerrymandering and the politicization of the judiciary.
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The OnionSatirical Piece: Supreme Court Upholds Retroactive 'Temporal Gerrymander' Altering 1932 Electiontheonion.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIn a wide-reaching decision likely to affect every era of American life, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling Tuesday upholding a temporal gerrymander that would cost Democrats control of the House of Representatives in the 1932 election.
With the 6-3 judgment, the court's conservative majority permitted the Republican National Committee to redraw congressional maps from the nation's past, an aggressive strategy designed to split space and time heavily in the party's favor.
The new districts in the historic 1932 race are expected to give the GOP a supermajority in the
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