Monday, January 9, 2012

Texas redistricting

  • WASHINGTON -- Time and timing was of the essence Monday afternoon during Supreme Court oral argument over which legislative maps Texas may use in its fast-approaching state and federal primary elections, now slated for April.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled Monday with a Texas redistricting case that will have implications on when the state holds their primary elections.
  • (Houston Chronicle)
  • WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled Monday with the Texas redistricting case that will have implications on when the state holds 2012 primary elections.
  • (MySanAntonio)
  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A divided U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Monday on how Texas should redraw its state House and U.S. congressional districts.
  • (United Press International)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a case that could have big legal consequences in Texas this election year as well as portend an uncertain future for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
  • (TPM)
  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, at 1 P.M., the Supreme Court will hear Perry v.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican, has taken his state's fight over a new Congressional map to the Supreme Court.
  • (Roll Call Online)
  • JEFFREY BROWN: And now to a politically sensitive legal case. Texas doesnt hold its primary until April, but well before then, the U.S.
  • (NewsHour)
  • Attorney Domingo Garcia argues the Texas map overlooks minority population growth.  A federal panel of judges agreed, and redid the redistricting effort.
  • (FOX News)

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