The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a redistricting case in which Latinos accuse Texas’ Republican government of intentionally discriminating against minority voters. The plaintiffs are asking for a new political map to correct an unjust distribution of seats in the State House and the US Congress. After losing the case in federal courts, and with the November elections approaching, the Texas government managed to get the case be heard by the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, attorneys for the voters want the high court to let the lower court conclude its work. Luis Vera, Jr., a lawyer in the case, was at the hearing in Washington and spoke with Radio Bilingüe’s Samuel Orozco.
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