But there IS no law in the state if the 'law-makers' can gerrymander to annihilate the competition. Re-districting to favor party or race or religion is immoral. Morality trumps legal technicalities. Just because someone screams 'illegal' doesn't make it so. It is now legal, under the Patriot and Homeland Security legislation, to secretly take you away and shoot you in the head without ever talking to a lawyer. In the US. If EVERYONE in the US doesn't start behaving like the Dems in the TX legislature, you WILL meet the bullet with your name on it by and by. Just say no to fascism. Stops them in their tracks.