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Court Nixes Part of Texas Political Map
Associated Press ^
| 6/28/06
| Gina Holland
Posted on 06/28/2006 8:56:44 AM PDT by jmranchman
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I love how the headline here is "Court Nixes Part of Texas Political Map", and talks about how this is a "small victory" for demoRats....the guys never cease to amaze.....jmr
To: jmranchman
Gina Holland does not know what to do anymore.
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posted on
06/28/2006 8:57:39 AM PDT
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: jmranchman
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, said Hispanics do not have a chance to elect a candidate of their choosing under the plan.
In other words, a Democrat...and not the Hispanic Republican they elected.
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posted on
06/28/2006 8:58:59 AM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: jmranchman
ustice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, said Hispanics do not have a chance to elect a candidate of their choosing under the plan. The vote was 5-4 on that issue. BS!.......
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posted on
06/28/2006 8:59:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Follow an IROC long enough and sooner or later you will wind up in a trailer park..........)
To: jmranchman
Gina's not just a little biased, is she?
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:01:57 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: jmranchman
Failed to protect minority voting?
It ADDED two minority congressmen INCLUDING redistricting Chris Bell(D) into a predominantly black district.
The Democrat still won but he wasn't white and his name was not Chris Bell.
Chris Bell was the outgoing Congressman who leveled the ethics charge against Tom DeLay.
Is Chris Bell a racist? I don't know but I do know that after he loses the governor's race this fall, he'll be a 3 time loser (mayor, congress, governor).
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:02:18 AM PDT
by
weegee
(If fetal tissue is non-viable, then why are they trying to use it to stimulate cell production?)
To: jmranchman
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, said Hispanics do not have a chance to elect a candidate of their choosing under the plan. The vote was 5-4 on that issue.So,in other words,"Hispanics" aren't being allowed to vote,right? Apart from being able to vote (assuming they meet all Federal and state requirements) what right do "Hispanics" (or any other group) have to elect a candidate of their choosing?
Or are election quotas written into our Constitution?
To: jmranchman
COURT UPHOLDS MOST OF TEXAS MAP...
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:07:15 AM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
To: Gay State Conservative
So in say 10 years when whites are the minority in border
states due to the hispanic invasion from mexico we can
expect the court to throw out districts where the white
minority has no chance to elect the person of their choice(?)
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:12:21 AM PDT
by
sportscaster
("LET'S ROLL")
To: jmranchman
Since when was American democracy about engineering things so minorities can win? Am I in America or some crazed Alice in Wonderland P.C. world of lunacy? If Hispanics can't win based on their ideas and ability to sell their candidacy, then why should the courts be the ones to force things? Why don't we just give up the idea of elected legislatures and just have the courts run everything? Sheesh...
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:12:39 AM PDT
by
MikeA
(Not voting in November because you're pouting is a vote for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House)
To: jmranchman
new, oddly shaped district.
If they are referring to my district or one that borders it, that stretches down to Laredo from Central Texas or over to Houston, I want it redrawn. My interests are not the same as somebody in Laredo, and I doubt my neighbors a few blocks away share the same interests as somebody in Houston on s state level.
To: jmranchman
Freaking unbeliveable. The Dems lost EVERY one of their points. All the Judges did is require 1 district redrawn. On EVERY points the Democrats LOST
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:13:16 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Fire Murtha Now! Spread the word. Support Diana Irey. http://www.irey.com/)
To: MNJohnnie
Don't think you can redraw one district without redrawing other adjacent district(s).
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:16:15 AM PDT
by
bygolly
To: bygolly
Bygolly, you really do not know how this works do you? Yes, you can. Simply change the border line between the two districts in question. That the point. They drew one district weird to split the Hispanic vote. All they got to do is rearrange that line between the two Congressional districts to fit the Court's guidelines. On every other point you Democrats LOST.
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:20:17 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(Fire Murtha Now! Spread the word. Support Diana Irey. http://www.irey.com/)
To: af_vet_rr
Speaking oddly shaped, think Florida's Corrine Brown. Her district includes the black neighborhoods of Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Spread over more than 250 miles of distance between the corners the state.
To: jmranchman
The ruling was a major victory for the Republicans, but the MSM can not bring themselves to report it as such. The main issue was the constitutionality of redistricting between censuses. The minority voting rights issue was a secondary point at best and involved just one district. So how does the MSM report the story? It leads with the minor issue and buries the main issue deep in the story. Just amazing.
To: jmranchman; All
What about equality and blind justice? Special rights, of any kind, violate the very soul of the Constitution.
Also, is the VRA's renewal still stuck in Congress? If so, this could have an affect on the decision as well.
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:26:31 AM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: jmranchman; MNJohnnie; All
"On a different matter, the court ruled 7-2 that state legislators may draw new maps as often as they like not just once a decade as Texas Democrats claimed. That means Democratic and Republican state lawmakers can push through new maps anytime there is a power shift at a state capital."
IMHO, I think this is even more noteworthy. It has the potential to generate congressional redistricting every time a house in a state legislature changes control from dems to pubbies or vice versa. In states with the right of popular initiatives, that could lead to more states having non-partisan commissions drawing the maps of congressional districts and making many more of those districts up for grabs.
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:44:18 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: jmranchman
The fractured decision was a small victory for Democratic and minority groups who accused Republicans of an unconstitutional power grab in drawing boundaries that booted four Democratic incumbents from office. In defeat they seem to still win!
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posted on
06/28/2006 9:59:27 AM PDT
by
Bommer
(Attention illegals: Why don't you do the jobs we can't do? Like fix your own countries problems!)
To: Quick Shot
Speaking oddly shaped, think Florida's Corrine Brown. Her district includes the black neighborhoods of Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Spread over more than 250 miles of distance between the corners the state. And Gainesville. Someone once referred to the district (at least the 1990s version) as looking like a snake. I've thought of it as the Blackadder district ever since.
For all that, when a Republican runs against her, they usually get more than 40% of the vote.
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