The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that has been holding a trial over whether the Texas legislature’s districting bill for U.S. House and state legislature violates the Voting Rights Act has moved the closing argument date from February 3 to January 31. See this story. Thanks to Texas Redistricting blog for the link. This makes it even more likely that the U.S. District Court in San Antonio will wait for the outcome in the Washington, D.C. court before doing anything substantive. Alternatively, the San Antonio court has said that it would act quickly if the Democratic and Republican Parties of Texas agree on new districts, but this seems unlikely.