Breaking News: Federal District Court Denies Preclearance of Texas Redistricting Plans [Now updated with analysis] by Rick Hasen August 28, 2012 12:04 pm You can read the opinion here (there was a partial dissent by Judge Griffith, who wrote most of the majority opinion as well). From the introduction: There's much more, it's all lawyer talk, mostly...;) http://electionlawblog.org/?p=39233 it seems it will have no effect on our upcoming elections . .but not sure ...