The state’s bid to toss a legal challenge arguing this year’s GOP-led redistricting effort violated the Texas Constitution is headed to the state Supreme...
AUSTIN — The state’s bid to toss a legal challenge arguing last year’s GOP-ledThe all-Republican high court set oral arguments on March 23, well after theThe Legislature’s GOP mapmakers last fall approved new political lines that could cement Republicans’ grip on power for the next decade and blunt the voting strength of nonwhite voters who fueled Texas’ population surge.over the new maps pile up, some Democrats are focusing on fights in state court.
“For decades, MALC has defended the freedom to vote and equal access to the ballot box. We are not surprised that [Texas Attorney General] Ken Paxton would attempt to undermine our members and the millions of Texas voices they represent,” said state Rep. Rafael Anchía, chair of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, one of the challengers against the maps.
That makes the newly drawn state House and state Senate plans invalid, said attorneys for Sens. Roland Gutierrez and Sarah Eckhardt, of San Antonio and Austin, respectively. The consolidated case was assigned to a special three-judge panel of Democrat Karin Crump and Republicans Emily Miskel and Ken Wise. If the state supreme court affirms the lower court’s decision, “the parties need sufficient time to return to the special three-judge district court, obtain a final judgment, and complete any appeal from that judgment,” the challengers said in a filing.
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