Video: SCOTUS hears Texas redistricting case

>>> the u.s. supreme court just finished arguments over minority voting rights in the state of texas . it involves newly redrawn election districts for congress and state legislature . the issue has forced texas to delay its primary from super tuesday to april 3rd and even that date might be in jeopardy. pete williams joins us. what can you tell us?

>> reporter: i think you're right. there's afterchance that testimony will not be able to hold it will primary election in april either. the new census gave texas four new seats in the u.s. house going from 32 to 36 seats. they are what's called the cover state under the voting rights act because of the history of racial discrimination. they have to get permission from a court in washington before they can use the new map. they don't have the permission yet. back in texas , lawsuit has been filed by many civil rights groups against this plan. in that lawsuit, a district court re-drew the districts. that's what the supreme court is deciding now whether the court acted properly. i don't think anyone knows what the court will say about this. there's no clear answer. it's hard to say. if you say, okay, we're going to use the texas map , well, that seems to get ahead of the preclearance process. if you say the texas map is a dead letter , then some members of the court say that's what legislatures do. they do redistrict. why shouldn't the lower court use nar mtheir map as a starting point. there didn't emerge a clear choice for the justices. i'll tell you, what seemed to appeal to them. the idea of letting the court up here decide the preclearance issue first. get that out of way and then see if there's still anything for this court to weight into. i think just my own guess from the argument, is this court didn't see a clear answer. wants to delay the texas primary even further.

>> thank you very much. we'll see what the next move is.

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