US House Redistricting: Texas

[DrScholl]

The actual document mentions issues with TX-23, TX-27 and the fact that there wasn't any other VRA district created in DFW.

[DrScholl]

The USDOJ did not.   Their brief includes summaries of the viewpoints of other parties.

They're goofy because they don't recognize 34 as the successor to 27, and that there is no need for Corpus and Brownsville to share a congressional district.

Well, the courts will decide rather or not it is "goofy" or not. There was obviously some partisan tricks involved regarding the VRA districts. At least one more should have been created and DFW was the place for it, it's very easy to draw one there.

[DrScholl]

And the double standard continues, unbelievable.

I hope it is realized that the court could just let the court map go through, since the GOP map was illegal and cannot stand.

[DrScholl]

What double standard?

The one about courts intervening in redistricting. When it doesn't help Republicans, it's unconstitutional and warrants impeachment, but if it does, it's all well and good.

You can't have it both ways, it's either unconstitutional or it isn't.

[DrScholl]

The courts already intervened by drawing a map out of loin cloth.

Whatever that means.

And the double standard continues, unbelievable.

I hope it is realized that the court could just let the court map go through, since the GOP map was illegal and cannot stand.

The US Constitution says that the legislature draws the maps.  PERIOD.  Not some judges from the central government.  In extreme cases they can follow the legislative intent and match the existing (2000) maps as close as possible.  They didn't do that.  The maps from the legislature and Judge Smith were much closer to the current maps.

But, if the maps drawn violate the law, the court must step in. If the legislature could do anything they wanted with the maps, there would be more tricks with deviations like there were in the past to stifle opposition strength.

[DrScholl]

Well, we'll see what the court says and if they don't rule in the Republicans favor, then there probably isn't much recourse left. This never would have happened if the Republicans hadn't played fast and loose with the VRA in parts of the state.

[DrScholl]

The map already kept some of the ridiculously drawn districts, so deference was met, except where the VRA wasn't followed. Minority areas of Ft. Worth have zero to do with rural areas hundreds of miles away. Any other civilized country would laugh at such at map as it is, yet the high court validates it. What a joke the system is.

[DrScholl]

The map already kept some of the ridiculously drawn districts, so deference was met, except where the VRA wasn't followed. Minority areas of Ft. Worth have zero to do with rural areas hundreds of miles away. Any other civilized country would laugh at such at map as it is, yet the high court validates it. What a joke the system is.

What sour grapes, lol.

The redistricting system as it is a joke and other countries draw their districts geographically, that's my point.

At least Arizona got a fair map, lol.

[DrScholl]

The lines were quite confusing to read and I mistook one district for another that actually went into Ft. Worth.