Sentences with phrase «texas congressional redistricting plan»
But in December 2005, The Washington Post reported, «Justice Department lawyers concluded that the landmark Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by Rep. Tom DeLay violated the Voting Rights Act, according to a previously undisclosed memo,» uncovered by the newspaper.
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[T] he redistricting plan illegally diluted black and Hispanic voting power in two congressional districts... The State of Texas has not met its burden in showing that the proposed congressional redistricting plan does not have a discriminatory effect.
The State of Texas obtained pre-clearance from the US Department of Justice for its 2003 Congressional redistricting plan.
The 2003 Texas redistricting refers to a controversial mid-decade state plan that defined new Congressional districts.
Prosecutors said that the money helped the GOP win control of the Texas House and that the majority then pushed through a DeLay - organized congressional redistricting plan that sent more Republicans to Congress.
The Supreme Court issued three opinions today, upholding a Republican - engineered Congressional redistricting plan in Texas (League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry), upholding a Pennsylvania ban on newspapers and magazines for prison inmates (Beard v. Banks) and ruling that states may bar foreign nationals from raising treaty rights not raised at trial (Sanchez - Llamas v. Oregon).