“GARY L. BLEDSOE: Blacks Must Reach Out to Supreme Court Justice Kennedy”

See this commentary in the Chicago Defender. A snippet: “During the arguments regarding Texas Congressional redistricting plan the other day, it was patently apparent how the justices are now staked out. Justice Kennedy, however, at least wanted answers to important questions regarding minority voting rights. Five Justices expressed concern over the districts complained of by MALDEF and LULAC and/or the Texas NAACP. However, all five of those who expressed concern must vote to disapprove the Texas Congressional plan before justice on any level can be achieved. This is a 100 percent vote out of those who did not have their minds made up from the beginning of the case. To put this in perspective, this is like running for political office and starting out with 49 percent of the voters already having case votes against you. Of course, this means you will have to get all of the remaining votes, not too small a task.”

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