Texas asks high court to temporarily block redistricting map

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Source: CNN

Texas officials are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and temporarily block a controversial congressional redistricting plan from going into effect Monday.

The state's attorney general, Greg Abbott, filed an emergency "application" with the justices, saying a map approved by a federal panel in San Antonio is "fatally flawed." It would increase the number of districts dominated by minorities, especially Hispanic voters.

The court-drawn map was imposed after Democrats and minority groups in Texas challenged the original plan approved by the GOP-led state legislature.

Those seeking public office can begin filing their candidacies Monday, prompting the state's time-sensitive appeal to the high court. "Elections should not proceed based on legally flawed maps that are likely to be overturned on further review," Abbott said in a written statement.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/28/politics/scotus-texas-redistricting/index.html

[Vincardog]

1. Since Hispanics have been responsible for the MAJORITY of the increase in TX population a

reasonable person would expect them to get an increase in districts.
Oh did I say REASONABLE? And I was talking about TEXAS?
How SILLY of me.

[nineteen50]

2. This will come down to who owns the courts.