Thanks for the pings.
Most everyone agrees this is a bad opinion - another failure of the Court to recognise and stipulate that the USA is a Republic and not a democracy.
“All politics is local!” is true, as is all elections are local - only DC and the various protectorates (Puerto Rico, USVI, etc.) have strictly Federal votes for non-voting Representatives.
Sad that Justice Thomas did not reveal that in his dissent, but he masterfully eviscerated the major opinion.
I find myself upsidedown trying to make sense of the ideological mix of justices in the majority these days. When it was 5-4 conservative v. liberal or vice versa, I could follow the logic even if I disagreed. Now? Scalia against Thomas? I’m confused.