[EL] DOJ Response in Texas vs. USA, Holder (Redistricting)

[Gerry Hebert]

It does not constitute clearance of the TX state senate map or the State
Board of Education maps.  As DOJ correctly notes in its answer, "The
proposed Senate plan [and State Board of Education plan] has no force or
effect unless and until this Court determines that the plan meets the
requirements of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act."  In a Section 5
declaratory judgment action where there are defendant-intervenors who
oppose preclearance, as there are here, the issue of preclearance of the
state senate map is still an open question regardless of DOJ's position.
Gerry Hebert

 

 

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See attached. I have not had the opportunity to scan it in full yet, but
several sources in Texas are reporting that this constitutes "clearance"
for the state senate and state board of education maps, and that
insufficient evidence existed for the Congressional and state house maps
to be cleared. 
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