11 August 2013 | NewsCorpse.com
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The argument by the state of Texas is that they are deliberately
discriminating against Democratic voters, not minorities or other
protected classes of citizens, and they regard that as permissible. The
first problem with their argument is that it is questionable to assert
that it is constitutional to “make partisan districting decisions.”
Any overt attempt to suppress the voting rights of any citizen is
challengeable and potentially in violation of civil liberties.
More to the point, the claim that they are only aiming their
discriminatory activities at Democrats is disingenuous and
unsupportable. The redistricting maps proposed by the
Republican-controlled Texas legislature cut obviously across racial
boundaries. The clear intent is to segregate blacks and Latinos into the
fewest number of districts possible, denying them equal representation.
These maps were struck down by federal courts as blatantly
discriminatory, but now the state can re-introduce them with the
blessing of an atrociously reasoned Supreme Court decision.
There is simply no way to pretend that the statement made in the
filing defending the constitutionality of discrimination against
Democrats is anything other than a defense of discrimination against
minority communities in Texas. Given the demographic breakdown of the
district mapping, it is absurd and grossly dishonest to assert that the “effects on minority voters” are “incidental.” What the state of Texas is doing is racism, pure and simple.
So where is the media coverage of this outrageous admission made in
an official court document? None of the television news networks has
reported on it. None of the major national newspapers has published a
story about it. A few Internet news outlets have done some commendable
reporting on it, but their reach is minimal at this point.
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