Paxton and the Redistricting Fight

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In 2017, a three-judge federal panel in San Antonio ruled that Texas drew congressional districts to discriminate against minority voters. Attorney General Ken Paxton, Republican, appealed and contended the maps were lawful. In 2018, the Supreme Court sided with Texas, 5 to 4.

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In 2025, the State of Texas redrew its map again, the Thirty-fifth District included. The reason it gave: some districts had been drawn along strict racial lines.

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Same state. The OPPOSITE argument.

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The record holds both, argued by the same state

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Same word. Two meanings.

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A rule is a rule when it is the same rule for everyone

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Which version is true?

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A lawmaker, locked in the chamber

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