Federal Panel Backs Texas Redistricting
Federal Panel Backs Texas Redistricting - Yahoo! News: "A three-judge federal court panel Thursday rejected legal challenges to the 2003 congressional redistricting plan that helped lead to a Republican majority in Texas' delegation in Washington.
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Democrats and minority interests had challenged the plan, claiming it was unconstitutional and produced illegal gerrymandering — manipulating voting districts to give one party an unfair advantage. They also argued it bamboozled thousands of minority Texans out of their voting rights."
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Democrats and minority interests had challenged the plan, claiming it was unconstitutional and produced illegal gerrymandering — manipulating voting districts to give one party an unfair advantage. They also argued it bamboozled thousands of minority Texans out of their voting rights."
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