Changes to congressional district boundaries in Hays County may be coming after a federal court ruled they were gerrymandered in 2013 using “unconstitutional discrimination.”
That decision came after a three-judge panel ruled Congressional District 35, represented by Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), along with Congressional District 27, represented by U.S. Rep. Blake Farenhold (R-Corpus Christi), violated the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act, according to a Texas Tribune report.
But those changes may be on hold after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Monday put a temporary hold on the lower court’s ruling, in order to settle a lawsuit against the state over its congressional district lines, according to the Texas Tribune.
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