Tom DeLay Texas ballot ruling [5th Circuit]

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Tom DeLay Texas ballot ruling [5th Circuit]

August 3, 2006 07:00:00 pm

Texas Democratic Party v. Benkiser, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, August 3, 2006 [ruling that Texas Republicans cannot remove former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay from the November Texas congressional ballot although he now lives in Virginia]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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