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To: ScatterShot who wrote (54161)	2/17/2006 10:05:37 PM
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Bush Admin Gets OK To Help Protect Texas Congressional Map WASHINGTON (AP)--The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Bush administration's request to join Texas in defending a Republican-friendly congressional map engineered by Rep. Tom DeLay. The administration will share time with Texas lawyers on Mar. 1, when the court holds a special afternoon session to consider four appeals that stem from the bitter dispute over Texas congressional district boundaries. Justices are considering whether the Republican-controlled Legislature acted purely for partisan gain in 2003 when it threw out district boundaries that had been used in the 2002 elections, and whether the new map violated a federal voting rights law. The Justice Department approved the plan although staff lawyers concluded that it diluted minority voting rights. The Bush administration asked the high court last week for permission to participate in the case, supporting Texas. The redistricting helped Republicans win 21 of Texas' 32 seats in Congress in the last election, up from 15. The congressional districts were redrawn after Republicans took control of the state House in 2002. DeLay, R-Texas, has been indicted on money laundering charges stemming from his efforts to aid Republicans in state legislative elections that year. DeLay stepped down as U.S. House majority leader because of the charges but denies any wrongdoing. (END) Dow Jones Newswires February 17, 2006 15:23 ET (20:23 GMT) Hey, no I am not Joe, I did read his simulacrum article when Regli I believe posted it a few months back here or was that you? I like a lot of the things he has to say. I am the eternal optimist - see before the internet it was harder for me and you to talk to folks "over there" but with email and instant messaging I can go to yahoo chat boards that take me all over the globe with a click of the mouse and ask the people there - hey how is it going? No matter what, Bush is gone in a few years. I am just worried about the articles like above - what kind of lasting effect will his decisions leave on our gubbment bodies and policies. There is a guy here called Gerrymander that thinks the stuff like above is a really bad TRICK to pull on our citizens - there are lots of TRICKS pulled - but like Perkins today on Democracy Now - some of the spooks pulling the tricks are getting sick to thier stomach and ready to try and make changes.