Terrazas v. Ramirez

In this extraordinary proceeding, the Republican Relators object to a redistricting plan designed to increase Mexican-Ameri-ean representation in the Texas Senate. This plan has received pre-clearance approval from the Department of Justice under the administration of President George Bush and has been approved in a timely manner by the trial court so as to avoid disruption of both the filing deadline and the election day for the party primaries. Finding this highly distasteful, and determined to have an appointed federal judiciary guide the process by which Texans elect their legislators,…