Carter Statement on Supreme Court Decision

CARTER STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION

U.S. Representative John Carter (TX-31) made the following statement in response to today's Supreme Court decision on the Texas redistricting case:

"The Supreme Court ruling is a huge victory for the people of Texas as well as the Republican Party. We won on every major point of contention.

"Today's decision exonerates the Republicans of any wrongdoing. The Majority Opinion was that the current district map is a fair plan. In short, the Supreme Court ruled that the new map is an improvement over the old gerrymandered map that was drafted by Democrats.

"The only slight caveat to this victory is that the Supreme Court felt the Hispanic population in District 25 was not sufficiently compact and therefore not an acceptable majority-minority replacement for District 23.

"At this point, it is unclear what action the three Judge panel will take in terms of a remedy. I do not expect a remedy to affect me or the other Districts surrounding mine in Central Texas. I believe, however, that the court should allow the Texas legislature to exercise its constitutional authority in coming up with any necessary remedy."

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