Court Says Federal Oversight of Texas Redistricting Not Required

It is time that the Federal Courts recognize Texas soverignty.Statesman

A panel of federal judges on Wednesday said Texas lawmakers can draw political districts in 2021 without federal oversight for the first time in decades, possibly the final chapter in a protracted legal battle over voting rights and the state’s political maps.

But the panel ultimately sided with lawyers for the state and said requiring federal oversight during the next redistricting cycle “would be inappropriate,” given a Supreme Court ruling last year that found no evidence that Republican lawmakers drew the state’s current political districts with the intent to discriminate against minority voters.