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  1. August 21, 2017

    Texas To Appeal Congressional Map Fight To High Court

    The state of Texas is planning to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision invalidating two of its congressional districts for racial motivation, according to legal filings Friday in a case that could affect the 2018 midterm elections.

  2. June 18, 2014

    Texas Voter Redistricting Row Loses Gerrymandering Claims

    A Texas federal court on Tuesday refused to dismiss a challenge to election maps that the state adopted in 2011, but threw out a gerrymandering complaint aimed at a set of maps Texas approved last year, saying it was unclear how the allegation could be judged objectively.

  3. April 17, 2014

    DOJ Says Texas Is Ducking Discovery On Voting Rights

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday accused Texas of blocking the federal government's discovery in a Voting Rights Act suit challenging an allegedly discriminatory redistricting plan the state adopted in 2011, claiming that the state refused to provide legislative documents.

  4. September 24, 2013

    Texas Judges Allow DOJ Intervention In Voting Maps Suit

    A panel of Texas federal judges on Tuesday allowed the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in a Voting Rights Act suit challenging an allegedly discriminatory redistricting plan the state adopted in 2011, finding intervention wouldn't prejudice the existing parties or cause undue delay.

  5. September 06, 2013

    Texas Court Open To Bail-In Preclearance For Voting Maps

    A federal judicial panel said Friday that Texas’ decision to rescind 2011 redistricting maps does not render moot an effort by minority groups to invoke the “bail-in” provision of the Voting Rights Act to subject the controversial maps to federal preclearance.

  6. August 26, 2013

    Texas Fights $5.8M Attys' Fees In Redistricting Suit

    The State of Texas has asked a federal judge to reject requests for millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees from groups challenging the state’s election maps as discriminatory, saying they did not prevail in the suit since the U.S. Supreme Court rendered the case moot in a recent ruling.

  7. August 05, 2013

    Texas Attacks Bid For Bail-In Voting Preclearance As Moot

    Texas on Monday asked a panel of federal judges in San Antonio to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice and minority rights groups from pursuing their attempt to bring the state's voting laws under federal preclearance using the "bail-in" provision of the Voting Rights Act, saying the controversial 2011 maps are off the table.

  8. July 25, 2013

    Texas Voting Battles Give DOJ Hope For Bail-In Victory

    The U.S. Department of Justice, which said Thursday that it wants Texas to submit to preclearance for any changes to its voting laws, must clear high hurdles to prove the state has intentionally discriminated against minorities, but experts say previous findings that the state disenfranchised voters should buoy the government's case.

  9. July 22, 2013

    Texas Bucks New Challenges To Redistricting Maps

    Texas on Friday told a federal court it shouldn't allow plaintiffs in an ongoing challenge to the state's election maps to amend their suit to include new maps approved by the Legislature in June, saying the existing suit is moot and the redistricting challenge should start from scratch.

  10. July 01, 2013

    Texas Can't Escape Challenge To Redistricting Plan

    A panel of Texas federal judges on Monday refused to dismiss a suit challenging a state redistricting plan adopted in 2011 and allowed the parties time to request that the court also consider a challenge to new election maps approved last week by the Legislature.

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