Posted on 12/06/2021 12:42:59 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department sued Texas over new redistricting maps Monday, saying the plans discriminate against the very Black and Latino voters who have fueled the state’s population boom.
The lawsuit, filed in the Western District of Texas, claims the Republican-controlled state violated part of the Voting Rights Act in drawing up new maps for its congressional delegation and state legislature. The case is the first legal action challenging a state’s maps from the Biden Justice Department during this redistricting cycle.
The lawsuit notes that the vast majority of Texas’ population growth over the past decade came from Black, Latino and Asian people, but the new maps that state Republicans drew doesn’t give any of these communities new opportunities to choose their own representatives.
Instead, the maps pack Black and Latino communities into bizarre-shaped districts — a Dallas-area one is referred to as a “seahorse” shape — while preserving safe seats for white Republicans.
“This is not the first time that Texas has acted to minimize the voting rights of its minority citizens,” Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said during a press conference with Attorney General Merrick Garland. “Decade after decade, courts have found that Texas has enacted redistricting plans that deliberately dilute the voting strength of Latino and Black voters and that violate the Voting Rights Act.”
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What’s the likelihood they’ll prevail?
I remember hearing that elections are a state-level concern, and the federal government plays no role at all.
Except, of course, when the federal government decides it wants to exert control. Then it’s OK.
NO Worries... We’ll take this ALL the way to the SCOTUS to Win!!
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/06/department-of-justice-texas-political-maps/
What?
No Meritless Garland/DOJ attack on the Ill. State and MD?
Calif.?
How are they getting involved in state redistricting? Are they going to look at any of the ‘rat gerrymandering?
SCOTUS did not get involved with PA because it was left to the state. This Biden administration does not care. Texas should state F-U because MD, MA etc are far worse.
How could my 18-year-old know more about the Constitution than Merrick Garland?
I wonder, has the current DOJ bothered to sue any blue state redistricting ?
Once again the LawFare department of the Communist Party is trying to prevent legitimate redistricting House seats losses.
Be assured that blue states will never be sued for the same.
No bias in this article from Associated Presstitutes! /s
Showing once again that AG Garland is a leftist tool.
But what if the new districts elect black or hispanic republicans??
Ya see, their whole premise is that blacks and latinos will vote only for democrats.
So they LOVE gerrymandering them into their own districts.
BUT what if the cities, etc. are split and blacks and latinos are still elected,but are republicans.
Isn’t that ok? Hmmmmm?
Or is it only fair if black or latino democrats are elected.
I think we know the answer.
Except the Biden federal government is NOT exerting any control and the federal government has kept losing in court after court on the vaccine mandates as they will on this case too.
Politics. Nothing more.
Just like O’s admin, this one gets off on suing red states.
Which Texas will bring up I'm court.
Once again..... the DOJ acts as the action arm of the DNC.
If “this” presents a case we can point to dozens of cases where democrats have tried and/or succeeded in redistricting out a republicrat they did not like.
Another outrage.
And the Supreme Court just ruled on this very issue, last year I think, fairly recently either way, They gave the STATES ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY TO REDISTRICT AS THEY SEE FIT!, so the US Attorney that Filed this suit should be HELD IN CONTEMPT and then DISBARRED
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