Rep. Doggett on Today’s Supreme Court Redistricting Decision

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) released the following statement on today's Supreme Court decision regarding the Texas redistricting case:

"This weekend I will be home in Texas, as usual, on I-35 doing my best to represent families from South San Antonio to North Austin. Republicans deliberately placed them, along with many other Texans, in districts designed to reduce the accountability and accessibility of their elected representatives. In too many places, access means a cardboard likeness of their Congressmember at citizen-organized gatherings.

Today's Supreme Court decision makes clear that the district which I serve will not change an inch from its original 2011 gerrymandered shape. The powerful dissent of Justice Sotomayor makes clear ‘the serious costs to our democracy' and great harm to underrepresented minority voters arising from the Court ignoring Republican wrongdoing. Real change depends on whether Texans change the composition of the State Legislature after the 2020 Census."