The three-judge panel in the Texas voter ID case … said that it “was disinclined” to grant requests to postpone the scheduled July 9 trial in the case and said that it was “committed, if at all possible, to decide th[e] case in time for the law, if pre-cleared, to be effective for the November 2012 elections.” Texas Redistricting has details here. The court’s status conference order can be found here.
The court has set a status conference for Thursday, May 3.