Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus and the Texas House of Representatives Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Amici Curiae
Nina Perales, Counsel of Record
The Texas Senate Hispanic Caucus and the Texas House of Representatives Mexican American Legislative Caucus are two groups representing Latino legislators in the Texas State government. Nina Perales is vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, where she specializes in voting rights law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 25, 2015. The apportionment metrics advanced by Plaintiffs would strip State legislative seats out of Houston, Dallas, and South and West Texas and create grossly oversized districts of up to 1…
