Yes, Texas doesn't have the statewide initiative, so
Texas fits the Tennessee model in Baker v Carr better
than California ever could.

--- Rick Hasen <Rick.Hasen@lls.edu> wrote:
  Just a narrow point----if parties throw money to
block redistricting and hashthings out in the
political process, thereby convincing voters that
voting for a particular districting reform is a bad
idea, that doesn't strike me as a *blockage* in the
political process as we saw inTennessee in Baker v.
Carr.  That strikes me as the political
process*working,* albeit reaching a result that you
might not substantively like.



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