The Supreme Court ruled on Texas’ interim redistricting maps Friday — those redrawn by a three-judge panel in San Antonio that favored Latino voters and Democrats. According to the Burnt Orange Report:
The Supreme Court entered an opinion in the interim map appeal this morning, sending the case back to the San Antonio [federal] court for further proceedings…
The court held that the state’s maps should have been used as the starting point for interim maps but that the San Antonio court could adjust those maps if it found a likelihood of section 2 or other violations as a result of the case tried before it or if the court found a “reasonable probability” of section 5 violations.
Meanwhile, another trial about the state’s maps is going on, not scheduled to close until February 3.
A three-judge federal panel in Washington will be hearing two weeks' worth of testimony, starting this week, on Texas' congressional redistricting maps. Again? If you're thinking, "Didn't they already do this?" I'm with you. It seems like they have — or that someone has, somewhere, recently. Wasn't that what the U.…
The U.S. Supreme Court today blocked the use of the interim congressional district maps drawn by Federal Judges in Texas. In its opinion, the court ruled: "Because it is unclear whether the District Court for the Western District of Texas followed the appropriate standards in drawing interim maps for the…
We've been told that the United States District Court - Western District of Texas in San Antonio has set a hearing form this morning about the stayed redistricting maps. The hearing was set for 10 a.m. and is likely to tackle the coming election schedule, which will change as a…
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