Texas argues that, "[a]t worst, the evidence shows that [it] was guilty of blithe indifference to the wants to certain [minority] Congressmen" Tex. Post-Trial Br. 29. But we do not find this explanation credible. Although we have already concluded that the Congressional Plan cannot be precleared under section's effect prong, we are also persuaded by the totality of the evidence that the plan was enacted with discriminatory intent. Texas did not adequately engage with the evidence raised by the other parties on this point ... we find sufficient evidence to conclude that the Congressional Plan was motivated, at least in part, by discriminatory intent. ... Finally, the incredible testimony of the lead House mapdrawer reinforces evidence suggesting mapdrawers cracked [voter tabulation districts] along racial lines to dilute minority voting power.

The ruling will not affect the 2012 elections because Texas will be using interim maps [JURIST report] drawn up by a panel of three judges in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas [official website] in March. The interim maps were issued after the US Supreme Court [official website] rejected previous interim redistricting maps in an emergency appeal [JURIST reports] filed in December.