Court Won't Block Texas Redistrict Plan (Supreme Court refuses)

[MoonAndSun]

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&e=3&u=/ap/20040116/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_texas_redistricting>


snip>>>By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused Friday to block a hard-fought Republican redistricting plan in Texas that could cost Democrats as many as six seats in Congress.



The justices will announce later this year whether they will consider an appeal from congressional Democrats and others who claim the map dilutes minority voting strength. In the meantime, they rejected an emergency appeal that sought to stop the state from using the new boundaries in this year's elections.


The districts were approved by the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature in a special session following months of partisan bickering, highlighted by two out-of-state walkouts by Democrats.









No matter who the Dem nominee is, we have all got to get together to defeat bush*. This country has gone to hell and we have this Rhenquist Supreme Court helping drive it down the tubes.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Anyone have links to the maps?

thx.

[mbperrin]

5. Sure.

http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/research/redist/redist.htm

[bluestateguy]

2. I will boycott my congressional district primary

I will not legitimize the district boundaries by participating in the primary. I will leave that part of the ballot blank. My new district is a safe (D) district anyway, so I have that luxury.

Also, if the TX legislature raises my sales taxes in the upcoming special session, I am out of this state. I am a blue state guy.

[lastliberalintexas]

22. Raise your taxes?

Are you kidding? Now if you depend on any kind of government service, you WILL get screwed. But the entire point of the special session is to deal with school finance, and the repubs want to cut property taxes and cut even *more* social service programs to do so. (check out the latest Texas Observer article about the special session- some yahoo from Arlington thinks he can cut property taxes by 80%!!! but still cut enough in services spending to *increase* school funding!)

But I'd be verrry surprised if this Lege voted to increse any tax- even the regressive sales tax.

[StClone]

3. Mono-culture Politics

Do you think that one-party rule is good America? Keeping on its present course we'll find out what the future holds under Neo-Conism.

One final comment: It won't be what you expected and when you realize it, it will be toooooooo late.

[ochazuke]

4. Shocked and despondent

It's war and the people are losing.

[callous taoboy]

6. Fixed...

from top to bottom. Dusting off resume and leaving Texas to the boneheads.

[damnyankee2601]

14. The people are narcotized.

They don't even know what they're losing; don't care either.

god bless merka! rah

[Voltaire99]

7. Any day now, it'll be 1954 again

Our cultural deevolution continues. How far will it go?

[damnyankee2601]

13. Just a rest stop...

On the way to 1540.

[LoneStarLiberal]

8. No Surprise From here in Texas

This was pretty much a foregone conclusion once the Justice Department SHOCKINGLY gave the thumbs-up to the redisricting plan.

[Th1onein]

30. Ditto..

We Texans should have raised holy hell about it.

[Fish-Slapping_Dance]

9. We have Democratic majorities in some states,

why don't we try to redistrict some Thugs out of office?

[dusty64]

11. Sorry that kind

of thievery is only "legal" when committed by rethugs.

[westman]

23. Where it's constitutional,

sure.

[library_max]

10. The Rehnquist Court??? Helping Republicans steal elections???

OMFG!!! Who could have imagined it!!!

[spotbird]

18. I'm stunned too!

Who knew?

[damnyankee2601]

12. The last gasp of the plantation aristocracy.

The GOP power grab is unsustainable. Within a decade this state will be over 50% hispanic. Then they will need apartheid to hold power. Call me an optimist, but I don't think even Karl Rove could sell that.

[Rich Hunt]

19. let's hope so...

because the 'plantation aristocracy' now has all the weapons.

http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/nukenotes/nd95nukenote.html#anchor1100404

[alarimer]

26. hopefully

You are right. I have read about the "emerging democratic majority" and hope it comes true.

[Gman]

15. BWAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA...!!!!!

We thought there was justice in this country! What the hell were we smoking?

[CityDem]

16. There goes about 7 dem seats

Looks like we are going to be the minority in the House for at least another 8-10 years. Future does not look good for progressives.

[damnyankee2601]

17. Don't be such a downer.

It only took FDR 2 years to clear out the toadies last time. Of course we had a lot more misery to motivate the voters. I wonder how much misery we will have to have this time?

[TheRock]

21. Should we hope or work for misery to expedite it

How should we proceed?

[Robbien]

24. Why would any rational person hope for misery

Misery hurts and if you want to expedite it, you need to rethink your priorities.

[Frodo]

25. Six at worst. I'm betting on five.

We'll see.

One Democrat has already switched parties.

[Skittles]

27. OOH

THAT MAKES IT SO MUCH BETTER

[shance]

20. Time to again revisit impeaching the real perpetrators of Democracy

the Supreme Court.

Its the only recourse, but we CAN sure as hell do it.

[Elanor]

28. sooo....

I went to most of the redistricting hearings. At one, somebody asked if elections would matter anymore, and I-think-it-was-Craddick said, the primaries will matter.

I don't believe this really, because Republicans don't seem to have real primaries; as near as I can tell, the candidates are selected by Karl Rove at a Skull and Bones ceremony where they sacrifice some chickens.

But should those of us in safe Republican districts vote in the Republican primaries? That's likely to be as close to "democracy" as I can get.

Nevermind, we have touchscreen voting.

[The_Casual_Observer]

29. Why did they even bother

to send this to them. Was there ever any doubt how it would go?
Is there ever any doubt anymore how every single issue or debate goes?

I fucking want to give up and join a co-op someplace for a while.