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Remember when the predominately GOP Texas Legislature approved the infamous redistricting map(s) and Democrats and their supporters filed a case in Federal District Court...

pstern 19:49 on 9 December 2011 ... and then the FDC stated that the map(s) are "messed up" and the court developed its own redistricting map(s)... and then the Democrats and their supporters whooped and hollered that they beat the GOP's "bigoted" redistricting map(s).... and then Attorney General Greg Abbott said that his office intended to file a case with the U.S. Supreme Court to fight the mandated map(s) provided by the FDC... and then I said to everyone that when AG Abbott takes a case to court he generally wins and that we'll see that he will win this case and the maps determined by the FDC will "fall down" and the GOP will win out??? Do you recall all that? Well, here we go.... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2011 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov Subscribe to E-News CONTACT Press Office at (512) 463-2050 U.S. Supreme Court Grants Stay of Court-Imposed Redistricting Plans for Texas Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Texas' request for a stay of the interim redistricting plans imposed by a federal district court for the Texas Senate, Texas House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives. The Supreme Court's decision means that, for now, elections will not take place using the district court's interim redistricting plans pending a more thorough review by the High Court. The district court's interim redistricting plans wholly disregard the will of the Texas Legislature despite the fact that no court has found that the maps drawn by the Legislature violate any law. Attorney General Abbott said: "The Texas Attorney General's Office is committed to protecting the integrity of Texas' elections by ensuring they are conducted based on legally constructed redistricting maps, and the Supreme Court's decision today is an important step in that direction. We look forward to presenting oral argument to the Supreme Court on January 9, 2012. We understand the need for speed for Texas voters as well as those who wish to run for office,and will work to resolve this matter as quickly as possible."   FOR OTHER ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ACCESS OAG NEWS RELEASES ONLINE AT WWW.TEXASATTORNEYGENERAL.GOV.