Electoral Politics This Discussion Post requires you to do a bit of research using, at minimum, the links below.

Electoral Politics

This Discussion Post requires you to do a bit of research using, at minimum, the links below. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/opinion/01wed2.html?_r=0

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/2003_Texas_congressional_redistricting

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/03/06/drawing-the-line-3

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10437083/ns/politics/t/delays-texas-redistricting-heads-high-court/#.VNP0wObF8eE

In less than 500 words write a commentary on the historic event of re-redistricting the congressional district map of Texas after redistricting had already been done in 2001. The case went all the way to the US Supreme Court, and some say paved the way for a permanent Republican majority in the Texas State Legislature, and a Republican Majority in the US Congress at a time when some very controversial expansions of Federal power were made into law. Your commentary is meant to exhibit that you acquired a familiarity with the issue and have developed a position supporting or condemning the occurrence.