White House to help protect DeLay's ILLEGAL GOP-drawn Texas map

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Feb. 17, 2006, 3:26PM
White House to help protect GOP-drawn Texas map


Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today granted the Bush administration's request to join Texas in defending a Republican-friendly congressional map engineered by Rep. Tom DeLay.

The administration will share time with Texas lawyers on March 1, when the court holds a special afternoon session to consider four appeals that stem from the bitter dispute over Texas congressional district boundaries.

Justices are considering whether the Republican-controlled Legislature acted purely for partisan gain in 2003 when it threw out district boundaries that had been used in the 2002 elections, and whether the new map violated a federal voting rights law.

The Justice Department approved the plan although staff lawyers concluded that it diluted minority voting rights. The Bush administration asked the high court last week for permission to participate in the case, supporting Texas.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3667654.html

[WCGreen]

1. Naw, they had the rights of minorities, widows and children

as a motivating factor....

[librechik]

2. why is it in the interest of THE UNITED STATES to favor one party

over the other?

[babylonsister]

3. I posted this in the TX forum and Mr. Van Os, our candidate

running for TX Attorney General, had this response:

"No reason to panic

Granting this request doesn't say anything about how the Justices may be leaning. As a matter of comity between the branches of government the Supreme Court normally grants a request from the administration to participate in a case involving federal issues. This is traditional practice from the early days of the nation. It would be extraordinary for the Court to turn down such a request.