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Federal court orders Texas to redraw its congressional district lines
By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Tuesday, August 22, 2017
A federal court that just five years ago approved Texas’s map of congressional districts now says the very same map is illegal because it discriminates against Hispanics — sparking a new court fight over how states draw the lines for their U.S. House seats.
The three-judge panel in the Western District of Texas said it was rushed in 2012 but now — despite three intervening congressional elections — says the lines need to be changed before voters go back to the polls in 2018.
The changes must fix districts represented by Rep. Blake Farenthold, a Republican, and Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat, which the judges said were both drawn to limit the influence of Hispanic voters in federal congressional elections.
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