Federal Court Finds Texas Gerrymandered Maps Racist and Orders Them Redrawn

[Dr. Acula]

Gerrymandering is taking all sorts of hits lately



Federal court finds Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pictured. | AP Photo

Federal court finds Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines
By ASSOCIATED PRESS


03/11/17 08:20 AM EST

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A federal court has dealt Texas another loss over voting rights, finding that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the electoral influence of the state's booming minority population.

The ruling late Friday by a three-judge panel in San Antonio gave Democrats hope of new voting maps that could give them more seats in Congress. But the 2-1 decision didn't mandate an immediate fix and Texas could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Republicans currently hold two of the three congressional districts ruled newly invalid. The maps were originally drawn by the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature in 2011.

Texas that year also passed a voter ID law that ranks among the toughest in the nation but has since been weakened by court rulings.

 

[acri1]

But the 2-1 decision didn't mandate an immediate fix and Texas could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court

 

[the cac mamba]

texas

 

[Dr. Acula]

The Supreme Court had been actually biased against gerrymandering lately. In fact they have always had a bias against it, even among a few conservative justices.

However they've always requested a more objective and mathematical examination to prove that gerrymandering was done along racial instead of political lines which was recently provided in a case brought regarding Wisconsin's districts. Even if Gorsch is confirmed there is a high likelihood they will agree with the lower court.

 

[88m3]

scust cacs

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Bbbbbut Trump and Hilary are the same.

 

[Breh13]

Needs to happen all over the country.

Repubs will try and pass voter suppression and gerrymandering BS before 2018.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

 

[Dr. Acula]

Obama and Arnold alliance in fixing redistricting. Obama said he was going to have Holder join him to tackle the issue too. It would be interesting to say the least if he was working with the Terminator behind the scenes to tackle this issue too.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Arnold has been talking about this a lot lately. Glad he's getting the word out.

 

[Breh13]

Arnold has been talking about this a lot lately. Glad he's getting the word out.

Definitely.

Voter suppression and gerrymandering is such BS.

 

[Geek Nasty]

I don't even give a fukk anymore. They convicted Tom Delay for bribery related to jerrymandering, then just dropped the charges. Nothing is giong to change.

 

[DlAMONDZ]

Rethugs trynna give southern demoKKKrats of the past a run for their money. They held the south for almost 100 years

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

This must stop

 

[DlAMONDZ]

This must stop

It's only gonna get worse

If the 2020 census sees the non-latino white population dip below 60%