Tag Archives: DC Circuit Court of Appeals

DC court sets date for preclearance trial, primary dates still up in the air

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Via email from the Lone Star Project: [Monday], a three-judge panel of the District of Columbia Federal District Court set January 17, 2012 through January 26, 2012 as the trial dates to formally review the Congressional, State House and State … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Greg Abbott, Lamar Smith, lawsuit, redistricting, Republican Party, SCOTUS, Senate, TDP, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

Still waiting on SCOTUS

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Responses to the State of Texas’ stay request for State House and State Senate elections were due Thursday. Responses to the stay request for Congressional elections, which was filed Wednesday, are due this morning. It’s not clear when SCOTUS will … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Greg Abbott, Justice Department, lawsuit, Rafael Anchia, redistricting, Rick Perry, SCOTUS, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Trey Martinez-Fischer, voter ID, Voting Rights Act | 1 Comment

State objects to court-drawn maps

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

No surprise. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office on Friday slammed an interim redistricting map proposed by a three-judge panel in San Antonio, saying the federal jurists overstepped their bounds in redrawing House and Senate district lines that could cost … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Greg Abbott, HD134, Justice Department, lawsuit, MALDEF, redistricting, Sarah Davis, SCOTUS, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

Will we get some interim maps Monday?

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe. A panel of three federal judges in San Antonio announced Thursday they would postpone a trial over the redistricting plan for the Texas Senate so they can focus on developing interim redistricting maps for the 2012 election. Texas Redistricting … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, lawsuit, Marc Veasey, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Wendy Davis | 2 Comments

DC court denies summary judgment on preclearance

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

It’s official, the maps the Lege drew for itself and for Congress will not be used in the 2012 election. A Washington-based federal court on Tuesday rejected Texas’ request to approve new political districts without a trial. In a brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Florence Shapiro, Greg Abbott, John Carona, lawsuit, LULAC, redistricting, SD09, SD10, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Wendy Davis | 1 Comment

Interim maps and the DC preclearance case

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The federal court in San Antonio has been hearing arguments about proposed interim Congressional maps this week. Michael Li summarizes the plaintiffs’ case for why the map adopted by the Lege cannot be used, even as a starting point. Right … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Henry Cuellar, Justice Department, lawsuit, MALC, Quico Canseco, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

Redistricting updates

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The redoubtable Michael Li takes to BOR to bring an update on the preclearance lawsuit in DC, in which the Justice Department has strongly contested the state’s House and Congressional maps. In papers filed [Tuesday] evening in Washington, the Department … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Greg Abbott, Justice Department, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 6 Comments

Court orders interim maps drawn

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I was just asked recently what will happen if the redistricting litigation isn’t resolved before the November 14 start of the filing period for 2012 candidates. I responded that I wasn’t really sure. Shortly thereafter, this story appeared. The federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Department, lawsuit, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

TRO granted for redistricting plans

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Texas Redistricting: The San Antonio panel this morning enjoined provisions of the Texas Election Code requiring counties to redraw precinct boundaries by October 1 and to issue new voter registration certificates to voters by December 6. The panel also enjoined … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Justice Department, lawsuit, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act, Wendy Davis | 4 Comments

TRO requested for redistricting plans

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Texas Redistricting: This morning, MALC and the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force asked the San Antonio panel to enter a temporary restraining order to prevent the State of Texas from implementing its redistricting plans on the grounds that they have … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Election 2012, Justice Department, lawsuit, MALC, redistricting, Texas, Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

DOJ says redistricting plans purposely discriminated

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Game on. The Justice Department said late Friday that based on their preliminary investigation, a congressional redistricting map signed into law by Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry appears to have been “adopted, at least in part, for the purpose of … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged CD23, CD27, Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Greg Gonzales, HD117, HD149, HD33, HD35, HD41, Justice Department, MALC, Marc Veasey, NAACP, redistricting, Texas, Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force, Texas Legislative Black Caucus, The Lege, voter ID, Voting Rights Act, Wendy Davis | 6 Comments

Davis files anoter redistricting lawsuit

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

After the Justice Department declined to object to the new State Senate map under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Sen. Wendy Davis filed a lawsuit in the federal court in San Antonio challenging it on other grounds. State … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Department, lawsuit, redistricting, SBOE, SD10, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, Wendy Davis | 2 Comments

DOJ pushes back on State House and Congressional maps

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Good. The Justice Department said Monday that Texas’ state House and congressional redistricting plans didn’t comply with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), indicating they thought the maps approved by Gov. Rick Perry (R) gave too little voting … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Aaron Pena, Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Department, lawsuit, redistricting, SBOE, Senate, TDP, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 3 Comments

The districts in dispute

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The redistricting lawsuit in San Antonio wrapped up on Friday, so at this point all we can do is wait for the three-judge panel to issue its opinion, and for the DC Circuit Court to have it say on preclearance. … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Aaron Pena, CD23, CD26, Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Denton County, HD41, lawsuit, MALDEF, redistricting, Tarrant County, TDP, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

Redistricting litigation gets underway this week

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Starting tomorrow, a three-judge panel in San Antonio will hear one of the two redistricting-related lawsuits that have been filed in Texas. I figure this is as good a time as any to review the landscape as we head into … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Department, lawsuit, MALDEF, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Travis County, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

Davis and Veasey will be allowed to intervene in redistricting litigation

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

From the Lone Star Project, via the inbox: Sen. Davis, Rep. Veasey Win Key Redistricting Ruling Federal Court rejects Texas Republican argument and grants North Texas Intervenors the right to participate in redistricting trial A group of North Texas citizens … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Greg Abbott, lawsuit, Marc Veasey, redistricting, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Wendy Davis | 1 Comment

A peek behind the scenes

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Want to know what the Republicans were thinking during redistricting? Here you go. Emails unsealed by a federal judge show that key Republicans involved in Texas congressional redistricting bickered over strategy and actively considered bypassing the Justice Department two months … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, email, Greg Abbott, Justice Department, lawsuit, redistricting, Texas | 1 Comment

Taking aim at the Voting Rights Act

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

In responding to a petition by State Rep. Marc Veasey and State Sen. Wendy Davis to intervene against the state in its lawsuit to get the federal court to pre-clear the new maps, the Attorney General responded by saying that … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Justice Department, Lamar Smith, lawsuit, Marc Veasey, redistricting, Texas, Tom DeLay, Voting Rights Act, Wendy Davis | 4 Comments

Texas seeks preclearance from the courts

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

This was expected. Texas bypassed the Obama administration’s Department of Justice on Tuesday, opting to ask a panel of federal judges in Washington, D.C., to review the state’s new maps for congressional, legislative and State Board of Education districts. Attorney … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Congress, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Greg Abbott, Justice Department, lawsuit, redistricting, SBOE, Senate, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 1 Comment

Voter ID must be reviewed

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

This is generally good news, but maybe not quite as good as it sounds. Texas’ proposed Voter ID law would be subject to approval by the U.S. Department of Justice or federal court for it to become law, federal officials … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged ACLU of Texas, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Eric Holder, Justice Department, Rodney Ellis, voter ID, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

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