Originally published at: Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been Testing Ground for the Trump Admins Latest Legal Strategy
This article was originally published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. On July 7, the Justice Department sent a harshly written letter threatening to sue the staunchly Republican state of Texas, notwithstanding its efforts to help elect Donald Trump and the fact that the president had singled out its leaders as key allies in…