“Texas goes big – asks for Legislature’s maps to be used in 2012 elections, citing tight schedule”

Texas Redistricting reports on today’s filing of Texas’s opening brief before the Supreme Court in the redistricting dispute. Lyle Denniston offers analysis and links to the five simultaneous upside briefs filed today.  Simultaneous replies due Jan. 3.

Am I the only one surprised that the Department of Justice did not weigh in in this phase of the case?  Aren’t the department’s views on the meaning and application of Section 5 very important here?

UPDATE:  A reader reminds me that under the current Supreme Court rules an amicus brief is due 7 days after the filing of the brief of the side it is supporting.  So we could well see a DOJ brief.

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