Supreme Court Orders Texas Redistricting Review

by Chris Bowers, Mon Oct 18, 2004 at 07:18:45 AM EDT

It has no chance to impact the 2004 elections, and I am not holding my breath for a partisan Supreme Court to overturn a partisan manipulation of the Constitution, but the battle over the Texas map is not over yet:The U.S. Supreme Court ordered on Monday further consideration of a challenge by Democrats and minority groups to a controversial Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan in Texas.

The justices in a brief order granted an appeal by those challenging the plan and set aside a ruling by a federal three-judge panel in January that upheld the bitterly contested map.

The justices ordered further consideration by the federal panel in view of their ruling in April that upheld a Pennsylvania redistricting case. They did not elaborate further.

If this map in overturned, our chances in 2006 improve dramatically.

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screw our 2006 chances
I like this year's chances, full speed ahead!!!!  Let's get some sanity back into congress!!!

Democratic majority in 2004!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by gasperc 2004-10-18 07:39AM | 0 recs
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Re: screw our 2006 chances
I like the attitude.  I'll be happy if we take back the Senate...Any thing else is extra icing.  I would like to cut their lead in the house, which should prime us for a 2006 take over, although except for 2002, the incumbent party of the president usually loses seats, so the Dems may have a small loss since Kerry is going to win.
by yitbos96bb 2004-10-18 08:07AM | 0 recs
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I'll rephrase
Our chance to take an even larger majority in 2006 will improve.
by Chris Bowers 2004-10-18 08:08AM | 0 recs
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Wasn't there a DEM version of this?
I cna remember reading a dem version of this earlier this year.  Basically, a dem dominated state did the same thing as that piece of scum Delay did in Texas...except the Dem state lost in court.

Even with a partisan court, I can't see them supporting this.  It will set a bad precident that can hurt the GOP as much as help them.  I think the short sited ness of THomas and Scalia and Reinquist will show, but ultimately I think it will be a 6-3 (or 5-4) decision saying it was illegal.  Just my guess.  I hope you revive this thread when the decision happens.

by yitbos96bb 2004-10-18 08:10AM | 0 recs
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does this mean.....
....i get martin frost back?

fuck tom delay for stealing my democratic rep.

by annatopia 2004-10-18 11:27AM | 0 recs
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Schweet!
This is my first post in the mydd community.  I am so psyched about this entry, after getting the "news" today about the Gallup poll showing Bush up by 8% among LVs.  I knew it had to be that same oversampling of Repuglicans.

Thanks so much.  Go JFK!!

by Doug in Virginia 2004-10-18 01:57PM | 0 recs
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TAKE THAT DELAY
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=696&e=4&u=/afp/20041019/pl _afp/us_vote_congress
by yitbos96bb 2004-10-19 07:36AM | 0 recs

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