Jack Park at the American Spectator discusses the Texas redistricting opinion and DOJ:

When Texas sought preclearance from the court in Washington, D.C., USDOJ balked, and it was joined by Democratic-leaning individuals and groups. USDOJ was OK with the state senate plan, but the interveners weren’t. Moreover, USDOJ and the interveners had specific objections to different districts, and both suggested that the plans were the product of discriminatory motives. Now, Texas has to go through a trial to prove that its plans don’t have the purpose or effect of “denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color.”