TEXAS REDISTRICTING

Following this morning’s Supreme Court opinion, the San Antonio court has set a status conference for Wednesday, February 1, at 9 a.m. to “discuss the status of this case, the D.C. proceedings, the election schedule, and any other necessary related matters.”

The court said that it would issue an additional order on Monday, January 23, outlining a set of inquiries the parties should be address at the status conference.

The order can be found here.

UPDATE:

The Republican Party of Texas issued this statement on its website:

As the ordered status conference is the same date on which the recently extended filing deadlines are supposed to end, the RPT is concerned that delaying a status conference until this date will place the April 3rd unified Primary Election in jeopardy. This may also put in jeopardy the Democratic and Republican State Conventions which are scheduled in June. Therefore, the Republican Party of Texas has instructed its lawyers to file a motion with the panel to reconsider a status conference at such a late date and to request that the status conference be moved up so that the possibility of an April 3rd primary can be maintained.

As a note to our candidates, county chairs, precinct chairs and Republican activists - until we receive a ruling on our anticipated motion to reconsider, we suggest everybody continue with plans toward an April 3rd Primary. However, everyone should now be on notice that there is a possibility that this date could be moved.

It was not immediately clear how much earlier a status conference could be since the parties are scheduled to be in Washington trying the preclearance case through January 26.