Tag Archives: redistricting
Redistricting Guru Michael Li on Texas’ Gerrymandered Maps
Li, who grew up in Texas, has followed Texas’ seven-year legal fight to dilute minority voting power from the beginning.
The Texas Legislature is racist. Specifically, Texas lawmakers knowingly and intentionally pass voting laws that disproportionately harm minorities. Nine federa...Read More
Supreme Court Decision Means 2018 Elections Could Use ‘Discriminatory’ Maps
The high court’s intervention raises the possibility that next year’s election may feature “intentionally discriminatory” congressional and state House districts.
In a 5-4 decision late Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the latest round in Texas’ marathon redistricting case, raising the possibility that nex...Read More
Texas Won’t Fix Its Discriminatory Voting Laws. Can the Courts?
Since 2011, nine federal court rulings have concluded that Texas passed intentionally racist voting laws. Three of those rulings happened in just the past two weeks.
Since 2011, nine federal court rulings have concluded that Texas passed intentionally racist voting laws. Three happened in just the past two weeks....Read More
New Redistricting Lawsuit Would Tilt State Senate In Favor of White Voters
An effort to change the way Texas draws state senate districts could have important consequences for the way the state does politics....Read More
Behind the Headlines: How the Voting Rights Decision Affects Texas
This morning, the Supreme Court gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act, the transformative 1965 law that swept away literacy tests, poll taxes and establish...Read More
Texas is a Big Reason Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
While the days of overt discrimination may be mostly behind us, institutional racism still exists. Hispanic and black Texans understand this better than most....Read More
Texas Senators Learn Who’s Up for Reelection in 2014, Who’s Safe Till 2016
Every ten years senators have their fate decided for them by a capsule in a white envelope with the odd or even number inside. It’s almost like the short ...Read More