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Here is an example of what happens if you let a democRAT write a headline:

Ruling partly goes against Democrats

9/12/2003 5:00 PM
By: Associated Press

Austin-(AP) -- A three-judge federal panel today rejected a lawsuit filed by Democrats over Texas Senate rule changes related to congressional redistricting.

The Democrats claimed the changes by Republicans to further the redistricting effort violated federal law.

But the judges, who held a hearing yesterday in Laredo, dismissed those claims.

Eleven Texas Senate Democrats fled to Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 28.

Two special sessions on redistricting went nowhere.

But Senator John Whitmire returned to Houston after Labor Day weekend, meaning the Senate could have a quorum.

Governor Rick Perry says a third special session on redistricting will start Monday.

Perry, during a stop today in Houston, denied that the bipartisan spirit had been contaminated by the scrap between Democrats and Republicans.

The governor says if the situation is poisoned, it's been poisoned by someone else, not on his side.

http://www.news24houston.com/content/headlines/?ArID=14653&SecID=2

So which part of the ruling goes for the democRATs?

The judges, who listened to two hours of oral arguments Thursday in Laredo, dismissed those claims but withheld a decision on an amended complaint of threats to arrest Democrats and require them to pay fees for their failure to appear at a special legislative session on redistricting.

"The arrest issue likely will become moot," the judges wrote in their opinion. Democrats "fear of being coerced to appear at a legislative session is shifting to a fear of being prevented from appearing. For reasons discussed at the hearing, neither the facts nor the law on the issue of threatened monetary sanctions are sufficiently developed at this point to permit an informed decision. Moreover, it is possible that future developments could also moot this issue."

So which part of the ruling goes for the democRATs?

Har! As any good Dim would tell you, if they didn't end up in the big house.......they WIN! You have got to sorta read between the lines, eh?

Thanky fer the ping Meek.

FGS