13 December 2005 ~ 111 Comments

Supreme Court To Review Texas Redistricting

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The Supreme Court has agreed to review the legality of the 2003 Texas redistricting plan engineered by Tom DeLay. Before the redistricting, Texas had 16 Republican congressmen and 16 Democrat congressman. After the new districts were drawn, the split was 21 Republicans to 11 Democrats.

Hopefully this is the answer to my question – how do we get our democracy back?

The Texas plan has been at the heart of legal and ethical troubles facing DeLay. Though it allowed the GOP to pick up six congressional seats, DeLay’s efforts on behalf of the plan resulted in his being admonished by the House Ethics Committee and indicted on charges of illegally diverting money to the campaigns of state legislators who drew the new map.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D), who saw his compact Austin and Travis County district dismantled in 2003, welcomed the court’s decision to hear the case.

“With all this talk of spreading democracy abroad, I’m hopeful there might be some spreading of democracy at home now,” he said.

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