Were eager for the Supreme Court to review all the facts in this case which are clearly on our side.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a U.S. District Court ruling that required nine of the states 150 House of Representatives Districts to be redrawn.
In September the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stayed the district courts ruling and allowed Texas to continue to use the existing maps while the redistricting case remains pending. Candidate filings for the 2018 elections begin next month and early primary voting begins in February.
Were eager for the Supreme Court to review all the facts in this case which are clearly on our side Attorney General Paxton said.
The portion of the House redistricting map invalidated by the lower court is the map the same court drew and approved in 2012 before the Legislature adopted it in 2013. Its been used in the last three election cycles in Texas and there is no sound reason for that to change.
In a separate ruling the Supreme Court also temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that invalidated two of Texas 36 congressional seats. Attorney General Paxton filed a brief on October 17 asking the high court to reverse the district courts ruling in that case.
