On Tuesday, a panel of three federal judges unanimously ruled that two Texas congressional districts violate the Constitution and federal Voting Rights Act.
In Congressional District 27, represented by Republican Blake Farenthold, Hispanic voters were "intentionally deprived of their opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice," the judges ruled, while District 35, represented by Democrat Lloyd Doggett, was an "impermissible racial gerrymander" due to lawmakers using race as the main factor in drawing it.
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