Listen up DU...TX State Sen. Wendy Davis Wins Lawsuit Against Racist GOP Redistricting Plan by

[Ichingcarpenter]

Earlier today (Wednesday), the three-judge Federal District Court in San Antonio handling the Texas redistricting litigation entered a final judgment in the Texas State Senate redistricting law suit. In its ruling, the Court made clear that Wendy Davis and her fellow plaintiffs in the case won and Greg Abbott, representing the Republican state leadership, lost.
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Greg Abbott served as the primary legal counsel to the State of Texas during the consideration of redistricting by the Legislature and defended the State’s redistricting plans in federal court. His efforts in redistricting have been nothing short of an embarrassing debacle.

Abbott advised the Legislature to configure and adopt redistricting plans that the federal courts ruled to be in violation of the US Voting Rights Act. Two of the three redistricting plans were ruled to be drawn with discriminatory intent. Abbott has spent millions of dollars in Texas taxpayer funds to unsuccessfully defend redistricting plans that were unfair and illegal. Abbott’s actions go beyond partisanship to illustrate profound incompetence and open hostility to Hispanics, African Americans and other fair-minded Texans.



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/05/1236356/-TX-State-Sen-Wendy-Davis-Wins-Lawsuit-Against-Racist-GOP-Redistricting-Plan?detail=facebook#

[polichick]

1. Great news.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Between her and Elizabeth

we have new leaders I can appreciate.

[polichick]

3. Absolutely!

[shenmue]

5. Amen

[Bolo Boffin]

4. Excellent news!

This along with the Voter ID law Abbott keeps pushing should be enough to put Texas back into the preclearance column it deserves under the VRA.

[Rstrstx]

6. In sadder news...

..her father passed away this morning

[silvershadow]

11. Oh no. Damn. I hadn't heard. nt

[riqster]

15. That sucks.

http://www.wfaa.com/entertainment/ailing-father-of-state-senator-wendy-davis-dies---222524151.html

Condolences to her and her family.

[bluestate10]

30. He should have certainly been proud of his daughter. He raised her well, she is a person

of steel will and has greatness within her grasp.

[BrotherIvan]

35. Very Well Said

I admire her very much and am sure her father is proud.

[noiretextatique]

7. go wendy!!!

the TX GOP must really hate her...which makes me like her even more.

[idwiyo]

8. K&R

[Scuba]

9. Does Wisconsin have a chance to follow suit?

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. I'm sure Eric Holder

will be right on it .... oh wait
Wendy did the lawsuit in Texas not Eric
never mind.

[Tx4obama]

31. Eric Holder is fighting for us folks in Texas

See the articles below

AG Eric Holder: Justice Department targeting Texas redistricting in voting-rights fight
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/washington/20130725-ag-eric-holder-justice-department-targeting-texas-redistricting-in-voting-rights-fight.ece

July 25, 2013
Holder: Justice Dept. will contest Texas redistricting
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/25/19678352-holder-justice-dept-will-contest-texas-redistricting?lite

Department of Justice to sue Texas over Voter ID law
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023513554

Holder Wants Texas to Clear Voting Changes With the U.S.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014548120

More here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10693129

[malaise]

10. Great news

Rec

[SunSeeker]

12. K & R

[Major Nikon]

14. The worm is going to turn in Texas

Wait for it. It's not as far away as you think.

When it does the entire GOP goes the way of the Whigs.

[meow2u3]

16. K & R

[florida08]

17. congratulations to a touch little lady

[lpbk2713]

18. It's always great when the Good Guys win.

It doesn't happen often enough to suit me.

[ananda]

19. I sure wish Wendy Davis would run for governor!

I need somebody to vote for!

[Dustlawyer]

20. Congrats on this win Wendy, although I know you have more pressing personal business

to take care of. RIP to you father!

Abbott is a smug little prick who made sure other Texans who are severely injured, not be able to recover the same damages that he got when he was injured in an accident. This partisan hack needs to get off of the public dole!

[Iliyah]

21. Congrats and prayers to Ms. Davis' family

for their loss.

[Hekate]

22. Kick-ass and Rec! Cheers to Dem Women of Texas and Wendy!

I predict great things for her in the future.

[Gothmog]

23. This is good news

She can recoup some of the attorneys fees that she had to expend

[DFW]

24. There is still a lot of hate and ignorance in Texas, but a LOT of good people as well

Wendy is one. My housemates back home in Dallas are hosting a fundraiser for her this fall, and there will be some serious money in attendance there. Not all gazillionaires in Texas are evil.

Two friends of mine are in full-time, rarely rewarding jobs trying to raise funds for progressive causes in Texas. Matt Angle has been fighting gerrymandering in Texas since before DeLay, and Aimee Boone can be found behind the scenes at just about every Democratic fundraising event in the State. I was at one of them where Jim Carville remarked that when he was asked to speak at an event of Texas Democrats, he though he would be giving his speech in a phone booth. Hardly: full house, baby, with people standing outside the room straining to hear. There are more blue pockets in TX than we are given credit for. Good people like Wendy Davis are only the most visible tip of an iceberg that's bigger than many suspect. Just because it's an uphill struggle doesn't mean we're not still heading uphill.

[drmeow]

39. I think there may be a similar

situation in Arizona. Five/nine Arizona Representatives are Democrats. That was partly because the psycho Governor wasn't able to illegally overturn the non-partisan redistricting plan for the state (most of the time Arizonans pass dumb ass voter initiatives but every now and then they come up with a phenomenally good one - the one that required that the redistricting commission be made up of 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and 1 Independent being one of those). Why we can't get rid of Arpaio, though, I do not know (maybe cause no one good runs against him?).

[DFW]

48. Isn't Arpaio something like 80 years old?

If the voters don't do something soon, Mother Nature will.

[drmeow]

49. I WISH!

Unfortunately I think he shares some genes with Strom Thurmond or something like that.

[blue14u]

25. Congratulations Wendy Davis!!!

You are an awesome woman. I hope Texas will

appreciate her even more!

Run for Gov, WD....

[alittlelark]

26. KnR !!!

[bluestate10]

27. BOOM, Mr. Abbott pick your teeth up at the door. nt

[Jefferson23]

28. Highly recommend this dose of great news! n/t

K&R

[Not Sure]

29. I love it when Wendy wins

It's even better when Abbot loses.

[Melissa G]

41. +1

[MotherPetrie]

32. K&R

[Tx4obama]

33. Kick!

[gopiscrap]

34. Alright

she's really good...I just fear that if she runs for state wide office some ass hat ignorant back woods tea billy cracker is going to try to harm her!

[malthaussen]

36. Bit by bit...

... what the GOP hath wrought, the courts will undo. But the damage is massive, it's going to take time. And 2014 is just a blink away.

-- Mal

[grantcart]

37. Love it and the fact that they had to pay for the privledge of being smacked.

that, as prevailing parties, Plaintiffs are awarded their reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.

[TexasTowelie]

38. Jackass Abbott has spent millions of taxpayer dollars suing the federal government

whenever his whims desire.

I hope that the Teabaggers wake up and realize that Abbott isn't a fiscal conservative.

[drmeow]

40. So, what happens now?

I haven't been following this. Is there an alternate redistricting plan already prepared? Do they have to go back to the drawing board?

[Grateful for Hope]

42. This is wonderful news!

Giving this a big K&R

[Faryn Balyncd]

43. Abbot stole taxpayer funds for partisan purposes. He should be imprisoned...

..... and held personally responsible for the theft.

[whttevrr]

44. Can we get her in the US Senate?

Imagine having her instead of Cruz?

I hope she runs for President someday soon.

[mountain grammy]

45. My in-laws in Texas think the voter ID laws are necessary to combat voter fraud

Because, and let me quote, "intimidation and voter fraud are the only reasons Obama was elected."

So, I asked why did Obama lose in Texas? Does that mean there's no "intimidation and voter fraud" there? Why do you need stronger voter id laws? Oooops, no answer.

Also no answer to why the America loving, patriotic state of Texas is always talking about seceding? Don't they love America?

[argyl]

46. It's our idiot governor who talks of secession, along with the County Board of Siskiyou County,

California,who actually voted for secession. Several counties in Northern Colorado are close to the same action.

Citizens and groups from over 30 states, including Texas, have filed petitions seeking secession.

I'm here in Texas and any talk I've heard about secession is met with ridicule,for both Governor Perry and the idea in general.

So if Texas doesn't love America parts of California and Colorado must literally hate America's guts.

[mountain grammy]

47. Here in Colorado, talks of secession are from the state of Colorado, not the USA.

I think the same is true in California, but not sure. Here they want the 51st state conservative utopia with Ken Buck as governor and no gun regulations or regulations of any kind, except, of course, on women.

So the difference is, our crazy people still love America, your crazy people don't . Bottom line, they're all crazy.

I have a whole bunch of inlaws in Texas who aren't laughing at secession.

[Gothmog]

51. Abbott has been looking for examples of voter fraud for a while

Attorney General Abbott has been looking for voter fraud for a while and has not found any examples of voter impersonation which is the only type of fraud that would be prevented by voter ids. Tell your inlaws that if voter fraud is such a problem then why did Abbott lie when he commented on the DOJ suing on voter id laws http://juanitajean.com/2013/08/23/its-not-like-texas-cant-be-trusted-or-anything/

[arely staircase]

50. reommended nt