League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements

*309The majority’s opinion essentially sets forth two premises. Initially, the majority concedes that it is bound by this Court’s earlier decision in Chisom v. Edwards, 839 F.2d 1056 (5th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Roemer v. Chisom, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 390, 102 L.Ed.2d 379 (1988). Chisom, which examined the application of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the context of a challenge to Louisiana’s system of electing state supreme court justices,1 held that Section 2 applies with equal force to judicial elections. The panel in Chisom based this conclusion upon an examination of both the plain…