The proposal would require the Texas Legislature to return for a special session to carry out the rare move of reshaping the state’s political boundaries mid-decade.
In other cases, the Supreme Court has said gerrymandering is A-OK so long as it’s based on partisanship instead of race. And they’ll accept the most blatantly prextextual justification for why any particular district is partisan instead of racist.
In other cases, the Supreme Court has said gerrymandering is A-OK so long as it’s based on partisanship instead of race. And they’ll accept the most blatantly prextextual justification for why any particular district is partisan instead of racist.