Supreme Court rules one Texas district was racially gerrymandered

[MagickMuffin]

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that one congressional district in Texas was drawn in a way that influenced the number of Hispanic and African-American voters in that district, but that three other districts in the challenged map did not violate the law.

In the case, Abbott v. Perez, the court had to decide whether to overturn a Texas state court’s decision concerning congressional and state political districts redrawn after the 2010 census.

The decision upholds Texas' latest congressional map against challenges that said lawmakers drew the boundaries to intentionally suppress votes from minority communities.

Justice Samuel Alito said in the Court's decision that there was not enough evidence to say that the Texas legislature intentionally discriminated when they adopted new maps in 2013, but that the state legitimately wanted to end ongoing litigation about its district maps. He said ongoing redistricting cases are expensive and can cloud the electoral process, so it is understandable that the state wanted to resolve the ongoing questions.

[MagickMuffin]

1. Texas House District 90

The justices said that Texas House District 90, which surrounds Fort Worth, Texas, is an "impermissible racial gerrymander" because the Texas legislature changed it to manipulate the percent of the district made up of Hispanic and African-American voters.

You should take a look at how Texas districts have been drawn up. It definitely benefits republicans.

[uponit7771]

5. This is big, DFW is a top 5 size metro area (not city proper) in the US and 4 out of the 5

... counties associated with it vote red because 1. Dems don't have a ground game here like they have in other large, 2. the gerrymandering when it comes to state legislative seats.

Before Tom Delay and the Bush admin Texas was legislatively purple but the gerrymandering turned it red.

Now the suburbs in Houston and DFW and Austin have changed I pray democrats can start a party change there since the demographics favor them.

It's a 10 year investment and a fight but its worth it !!

[MagickMuffin]

6. I live here, the Tarrant Democratic Party is working extremely hard here

And yes, Tarrant County is very red here. We are trying to change it. But with these gerrymandered districts it is challenging.


Look at the map. It is cra cra.


http://access.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/elections/Maps/State_Rep/State_Rep_District_90.pdf

[MattP]

2. Only bigots and corporations have civil rights with the Robert's court

[lagomorph777]

4. Acts like this are drawing violent revolution nearer.

When you take away people's right to peaceful redress, you tend to encourage other methods.

[uponit7771]

3. Alito is an ASSHOLE, "intentional" discrimination was never the precedence !

[MagickMuffin]

7. Yes he is

And at least one of the districts was sited. But I can pretty much tell you that the others are also rigged.


The republicons are rigging the elections.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, screw all the people who are trying to disavow the GOP now because they've been up to this

... crap for years before Benedict Donald.

This is anti American at its root, Americans don't like GOP policies so they screw up elections so they can win.