Supreme Court paves way for DOJ to subpoena Texas lawmakers in Voting Rights Act challenge to redistricting maps
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency request from three Texas state legislators seeking to quash subpoenas from the US Justice Department and voting rights groups related to a challenge to state legislative maps.
There were no noted dissents to the Supreme Court order.
The state's attorney general had argued the legislators are immune from such requests for testimony, arguing that the depositions will "probe the very innerworkings of the legislative process, examining the legislators' thoughts, impressions, and motivations in their legislative acts."
The case relates to lawsuits filed by the Department of Justice and voting rights groups alleging that Texas's 2021 congressional and statehouse redistricting plans -- based on the 2020 census -- violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
http://www.cnn.com/2022/05/31/politics/texas-redistricting-lawsuit-supreme-court/index.html
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