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DALLAS / FORT WORTH, TX – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit announced that they will hold an en banc hearing on whether the 2011 Texas voter ID law has discriminatory effects on minorities:
Federal Appeals Court Will Revisit Texas Voter ID Law
The full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to take up the Texas voter ID case Wednesday, adding another chapter to the law’s convoluted journey through the federal court system.
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Federal court to take another look at Texas voter ID law
Texas will get another chance to make its case for a voter ID requirement law that a panel of federal judges has previously rejected.
Washington, D.C. – Members of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation released the following statements after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a critical case that challenges Texas’ House Bill 2, a restrictive anti-abortion law passed in 2013,and represents the most comprehensive challenge to the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Roe v. Wade in nearly a decade:
North Texas Congressional incumbents don’t appear to be going anywhere
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, beat activist Carlos Quintanilla in the Democratic primary.