Don't Mess With Texas!

It is all about control. If they can't control it they have no power. Move over state's rights, hello federal Big Brother.

And we both know that 3 judges.....especially 3 in the Washington D.C. area have been wrong before. there is absolutely no proof that Texas discriminates.

"For a judge to put Texas or another jurisdiction back on a leash, there must be proof of intentional discrimination, in violation of the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments.

In the Texas case, the Justice Department is hooking its argument on a ruling last year by the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which rejected the new political maps that Texas drafted as part of redistricting. A three-judge panel found a “troubling” pattern of cases where boundaries were arranged in a way that handicapped minority lawmakers. Though it found “no direct evidence” that Texas sought to undermine minority voters, the court said the maps “show discriminatory purpose.”

For its part, Texas argues that the D.C. Circuit never found any specific constitutional violations, and that the maps under dispute have since been redrawn.

Even if a court sides with Mr. Holder, the oversight prescribed may be limited in scope and time. For instance, a judge could decide that only redistricting changes should face extra scrutiny, but not voter registration rules.

Mr. Hasen also says there are “jurisdictional questions” about which federal court should settle the matter that also must be untangled.

“Texas bail-in may not look like a great tool compared to the old preclearance regime. But it is not as if DOJ has a lot of other tools to protect minority voters in its toolbox,” writes Mr. Hasen. “Holder is going for bail-in because it is better than nothing, and with Congressional inaction, he’s got nothing left to lose.”
blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/07/31/a-critical-look-at-holders-texas-gambit

Here's what the Democrats seek in Texas. They expect maps to be drawn that GUARANTEES a Democrat gets elected. And they use "race" to accomplish that goal. If any side gerrymanders, it's the Democrats.....that would be the same Democrats who once fled the state and hid out to prevent a vote on a map drawn by Republicans, once Democrats were no longer in majority control. You see, the Dems want to control those maps.....always drawn to THEIR advantage when they are in control......whether they are in majority control...or NOT. Dems had majority control of decades for decades! And during that time they never sent one Republican to the House of Representatives to represent us. It's about politics, NOT race. But they USE race to accomplish their control of power. Well, too bad....the USSC just said they can no longer do that. Holding states to what was happening back 60 or 70 years ago was wrong. And it's been corrected. There are more minorities voting here than EVER.

I applaud Texas for their strong stance on redistricting. If not they could end up with a district like the one in our state. There is no way anyone can explain this district, not with an explanation that makes sense.

I stated in no uncertain terms that gerrymandering of congressional districts is wrong regardless of who's doing it. Just because the Democrats might have done this in the past does not provide justification for Republicans doing it today. All we need to do is look at the vote and the results to know that the congressional districts have been gerrymandered in Texas and it doesn't matter who did it. It is the responsibility of those in power to ensure that it doesn't happen in the next election. In short if it requires redistricting to ensure that in 2014 the house seats represent the popular vote then that must be done. With Republicans "in charge" they need to be looking at how to ensure that Democrats end up with more seats in the House if the vote goes the same way it did in 2012.

As documented the Democrats should have had two more House Seats from Texas in 2012. That is a FACT. 

Now, try to convince me that the Republicans in control of the State legislature are trying to do that.  

I'm no expert on the Texas elections but I do know that there is political gerrymandering there because of the vote and how many Republicans and Democrats ended up in the House. Are the Republicans controlling the State government doing something to fix this for 2014? I seriously doubt that they are and that is a problem.

I haven't seen one news story from Texas where the leading Republicans were saying, "We need to redraw the congressional districts so that more Democrats are elected to represent the popular vote."

In fact, nationwide I haven't seen one Republican proposal to increase the number of people voting during a national election. Every proposal I've seen has been directed at restricting the vote by those the generally vote for Democrats such as the Voter ID laws and limiting early voting that Democrats do more often than Republicans.