San Antonio: Democrats Hope and Year Then-Gov

san antonio: But the judges in their 2-1 decision didn't propose an immediate fix, and Texas could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Metro News. Republicans hold two of three congressional districts ruled newly invalid and were found to have been partly drawn with discriminatory intent. The ruling late Friday by a three-judge panel in San Antonio gave Democrats hope of new, more favourably drawn maps that could turn over more seats in Congress in 2018. The GOP-controlled Texas Legislature approved the maps in 2011, the same year then-Gov. Judges noted the strong racial tension and heated debate about Latinos, Spanish-speaking people, undocumented immigrants and sanctuary cities that served as the backdrop in the Legislature to Texas adopting the maps and the voter ID law. Rick Perry signed a voter ID law that ranks among the toughest in the U.S. Courts have since weakened that law, too. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.