Guardian
•69% Informative
In 2011 , Republicans gerrymandered Wisconsin ’s state legislature so badly that the party can win supermajorities despite losing the popular vote.
Voters have fought back and elected Janet Protasiewicz to the state supreme court , ushering in a new liberal majority which looked poised to overturn the gerrymander.
But Wisconsin Republicans have no intention of seeing their undeserved power slip away.
They’re proposing to impeach the court before she has ruled on a single case.
Andrew Gawthorpe : Wisconsin Republicans were some of the most fervent backers of Trump ’s own undemocratic actions.
But they needed no lessons from him in how to suppress the will of the people, he says.
The Republican party's belief in its own god-given right to rule found its most dangerous expression in Trump 's attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, but it long predated him.
VR Score
72
Informative language
70
Neutral language
15
Article tone
semi-formal
Language
English
Language complexity
65
Offensive language
possibly offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
7
Source diversity
4
Affiliate links
no affiliate links