Stateline editorial.

“Perhaps the biggest wildcard facing GOP plans for Texas and many other Southern states is that the Obama administration must approve their new maps, both for congressional and state legislative districts.”

If the DOJ is truly an obstacle, as so many editorials have claimed, then the solution is simple: go straight to United States District Court in DC and go around the obstacle.  The Rules of Civil Procedure will provide certainty.  The judge will provide a neutral decisionmaker.  It will be faster and in the end may cost less.