White House Aims to Protect New Texas Map

[cynatnite]

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Bush administration's request to join Texas in defending a Republican-friendly congressional map engineered by Rep. Tom DeLay.

The administration will share time with Texas lawyers on March 1, when the court holds a special afternoon session to consider four appeals that stem from the bitter dispute over Texas congressional district boundaries.

Justices are considering whether the Republican-controlled Legislature acted purely for partisan gain in 2003 when it threw out district boundaries that had been used in the 2002 elections, and whether the new map violated a federal voting rights law.

The Justice Department approved the plan although staff lawyers concluded that it diluted minority voting rights. The Bush administration asked the high court last week for permission to participate in the case, supporting Texas.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/scotus_texas_redistricting

[KharmaTrain]

1. This is Soooo Asking For A Court Ruling...C'mon Ronnie Earle

The fact this regime's DOJ already has come out and said it believes the DeLay sham is unconstitutional and violates equal protection laws and now they're trying to support a law they find unconstitutional? Any lawyer worth his salt will run with that point and impeach the entire defense. Great move, booshie boy.

Eventually someone's gonna have to force Gonzo to recuse himself in many of these cases...or find ways he's tied into them. This Texas case is just a tip of a large criminal enterprise that the Repugnicans have been operating in Texas and one of the biggest beneficiaries of this corruption sits atop the Justice Department.

The best that comes out of this battle right now are two things. One is Ronnie Earle destroys DeLay in his upcoming trial that will surely throw a lot of dirt and damaging evidence into this case...and then for the voters in Texas to do their own re-districting...getting rid of Repugnicans and wolves-in-sheep's clothing like Cuellar.

Cheers...

[Olney Blue]

2. What is the legal justification for the WH involvement in this case?

[cynatnite]

3. That's what I couldn't figure...

How can they get involved?

[Olney Blue]

4. Are there any lawyers out there who haven't been shot who can help

answer this question for us?

[spanone]

5. Bush* & legal justification - words that don't mix.

These criminals don't care about law. Period.

[cynatnite]

6. kicking

:kick:

[Dr. Jones]

7. Boy do I regret

moving to this corrupt damn state. :cry:

The cost of living is better, the people are nice, and the weather is a bit warmer...but I've about HAD IT with TX corruption and mindlessness.