Some of the state’s 36 congressional districts violate either the U.S. Constitution or the federal Voting Rights Act, a panel of three federal judges ruled Friday.
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Analysis: Dithering judges asked to rule on Texas political maps
The judges overseeing litigation on Texas redistricting haven’t done anything public for two years. The lawyers who sued the state over its political maps are trying to get the judges to chirp or get off the perch.
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Mental Health Matters
Analysis: You Thought Your State Government Worked For You?
A lot can happen when you’re distracted by presidential politics. The past week offered a few relatively local reminders of why politics matters.
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Analysis: In Voter ID, Redistricting Cases, Justice Takes its Time
After years of litigation, we have a voter ID ruling. But two years after the most recent hearings on the political maps drawn five years ago, the judges who are supposed to be ensuring access to your right to vote haven’t ruled.
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Analysis: Texas Voters Take Hit While Judges Ponder Election Laws
The evidence is piling up: If the law allows Texas and other states to discriminate, they will discriminate.
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Analysis: In Texas Case, Supreme Court Rules Nonvoters are People, Too
In a ruling on political redistricting this week, the U.S. Supreme Court made an argument for equal representation from legislators even if that means voters don’t get an equal say in electing them.
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In Texas Case, Supreme Court Upholds One Person, One Vote
In a unanimous decision released Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold Texas’ current system for drawing legislative districts so that they are roughly equal in population.
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Criminal Justice
In Nine Trips to Supreme Court, Ted Cruz Saw Mixed Results
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz belongs to an elite club of lawyers who have repeatedly argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. A closer look at the nine times the Texan argued before the justices shows wins and losses as he challenged legal limits.
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Analysis: In the World of Redistricting, Somebody Will Always Be Slighted
Some people think it’s unfair to have more eligible voters in one legislative district than in another. But the number of eligible voters in each district is far from the only difference that might matter to voters.
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Analysis: Equal Numbers of District Voters — or District Constituents?
When political districts are based on population, each official represents the same number of people. If the lines were based instead on voting-age populations, their districts could have large variations in the numbers of people — voters plus nonvoters — they represent and serve.
