By Brad Brooks

(Reuters) -The NAACP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Tuesday sued Texas over its congressional map that was redrawn at the behest of President Donald Trump, arguing it dilutes the power of Black voters and other minorities.

The Republican-dominated Texas legislature passed the new map last week with hopes it would give Republicans five more seats in Congress. California’s legislature, dominated by Democrats, responded by passing its own new map intended to counter Texas by adding five more seats for Democrats. The California effort also has been challenged in court.

“The state of Texas is only 40 percent white, but white voters control over 73 percent of the state’s congressional seats,” Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, said in a s

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