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Texas Partisan Redistricting-Court Filing
Here is the e-mail that I received today from one of these attorneys in the Texas Redistricting case.
Friends,
I wanted to make you aware of the filing we made today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Texas Democratic Party, attached. You will note from the brief that Texas voters suffer under one of the worst partisan gerrymanders in the country.
The Supreme Court is currently considering the Whitford v. Gil case from Wisconsin. Based on the oral arguments in that case, which I witnessed, there seems to be a decent chance that the Court will start to reign in this practice which, unfortunately, both parties use to harm voting rights. The filing we made in Texas will allow our state to seek reform of political boundaries in Texas in the event Whitford comes out in our favor.
As always, thank you for your support.
Regards,
Chad Dunn
I wanted to make you aware of the filing we made today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Texas Democratic Party, attached. You will note from the brief that Texas voters suffer under one of the worst partisan gerrymanders in the country.
The Supreme Court is currently considering the Whitford v. Gil case from Wisconsin. Based on the oral arguments in that case, which I witnessed, there seems to be a decent chance that the Court will start to reign in this practice which, unfortunately, both parties use to harm voting rights. The filing we made in Texas will allow our state to seek reform of political boundaries in Texas in the event Whitford comes out in our favor.
As always, thank you for your support.
Regards,
Chad Dunn
The court in that case rejected all claims based on partisan gerrymandering and the court ruled that there was cases of racial gerrymandering. This filing is to take advantage of any ruling in the Wisconsin case.
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