Texas. Rep. Marc Veasey offers this oped in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. It begins: “Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Texas mid-decade redistricting case. Tom DeLay might have stolen our political power in southeast Fort Worth, but I refuse to let him silence us. In an effort to educate the media, federal legislators and Supreme Court justices on the damage done to the voting strength of southeast Fort Worth African-American voters, I traveled to Washington to tell our story.”