On August 24, the 3-judge court that earlier struck down Texas U.S. House district boundaries ruled that the new districts must be drawn in time for the 2018 election. Because Texas has a March primary, that may require the legislature to come into special session this year. The case is Perez v Abbott, w.d., SA-11-cv-360. Here is the decision. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
The corrupt moron courts have perverted the 15th Amdt for decades – to be politically correct.
IE Sorry — the 15th Amdt OBVIOUSLY in its text does NOT guarantee any racial group the election of any person — black, white, red, green, blue, whatever.
The 15th Amdt happened due to Prez Grant barely being elected in marginal NORTHERN States in 1868 — many with numbers of black ex-Union Army and Navy men.
The top Congress gerrymander Elephants panicked in Jan-Feb 1869 and got the 15th Amdt text sent out — to apply in ALL States — Union North and ex-confederate South.
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PR and App.V.
The court has not enjoined use of the current districts.
The State of Texas has asked the US Supreme Court to stay the activities of the US Supreme Court with respect to the congressional map.
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/SCOTUS_Stay_Application.FINAL.pdf?cachebuster:54
ALL GERRYMANDERS — ALL THE TIME —
1/2 OR LESS VOTES X 1/2 GERRYMANDER AREAS =
1/4 OR LESS CONTROL = OLIGARCHY — since 1200s in the DARK AGE.
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PR and AppV
Any district boundaries will favor some group to win for that district. This case is really about reversing who is favored – or more ambitiously freezing boundaries forever regardless of demographic changes.
Truly unbiased elections can only be achieved by statewide polling for elections and making all offices general at large state positions rather geographical district-oriented positions. Such elections would tend to mean all issues or political parities would be represented in proportion to their percentage of the voting population.
(change must happen or else left unchanged some areas will have fewer representatives elected than their population warrants — something rich stable areas might find desirable as an advantage over ever more densely packed urban areas).
Hopefully when rendering an opinion the Supreme Court will recognize that what was once physically impractical for elections is now practical with modern media and means of personal travel — both statewide elections and representation — or totally eliminating indirect representation in favor of direct voter “town hall” legislation on a state or national basis.