I should probably be posting something about Denny Hastert—the former Republican Speaker of the House appears to be guilty of duggary—but this is the only thing I can think about...

The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a case that will answer a long-contested question about a bedrock principle of the American political system: the meaning of “one person one vote.” The court’s ruling, expected in 2016, could be immensely consequential. Should the court agree with the two Texas voters who brought the case, its ruling would shift political power from cities to rural areas, a move that would benefit Republicans.

The court has never resolved whether voting districts should have the same number of people, or the same number of eligible voters. Counting all people amplifies the voting power of places with large numbers of residents who cannot vote legally, including immigrants who are here legally but are not citizens, illegal immigrants, children and prisoners. Those places tend to be urban and to vote Democratic. A ruling that districts must be based on equal numbers of voters would move political power away from cities, with their many immigrants and children, and toward older and more homogeneous rural areas.

The US Senate has always been rigged against more populous states—it's anti-democratic by design—with California and its 40,000,000 people getting the same number of senators as North Dakota and its 730,000 people. (That number is two, for those of you who haven't been paying attention.) Gerrymandering by Republican-controlled state legislatures after the 2010 census allowed the GOP to seize and maintain control of the House despite the fact that Democratic House candidates got more votes in 2012 and 2014 than Republican candidates—and that's under the current understanding of "one man one vote," i.e. creating legislative districts by the number of residents. If the Supreme Court rules that "one person one vote" actually means "number of eligible voters," well, urban America and more populous states are pretty much screwed. We can kiss the US House goodbye forever, we can kiss most state legislatures goodbye, we can kiss any focus on urban issues or needs goodbye.

This is the same court that brought us Citizens United, the same court that gutted the Voting Rights Act, the same court dominated by Republican appointees and Republican hacks. With Evenwel v. Abbott generating headlines like this...

Supreme Court redistricting case could reduce Latinos' political clout

...does anyone doubt how the court will rule?

We're screwed.