After re-weighing evidence, trial court reaffirms finding of discriminatory purpose. Austin, Texas — Today, U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos issued an order on the plaintiff’s claim of discriminatory purpose in Veasey v. Abbott, the protracted challenge against Texas’s discriminatory voter ID law. The ruling, handed down by the court after re-weighing the evidence in the case per the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ instructions, reaffirms the trial court’s finding that SB 14 was enacted […]
