Federal Court Blocks Texas' Redistricting Ploy

 

 

 

Today, a panel made up of three judges has blocked the plan by Texas, demanded by the felonious Malignant Fascist, that would have created 5 new Congressional districts that would likely have favored Republicans and added to their slim majority in Congress. From NBC News:

"The ruling, signed by Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, ordered Texas to use its previous map that was drawn in 2021 instead.

'The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map,' Brown wrote in the ruling.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who signed the map into law this summer, said in a statement the state will 'swiftly appeal to the United States Supreme Court,' teeing up a legal fight that could decide control of the House.

The court's decision is a major blow for Trump, who called on Texas Republicans to draw a new map that could result in the party gaining up to five seats, triggering a nationwide redistricting battle across the country." (our emphasis)

The court specifically addressed the MF regime's dishonest claim that the old districts were drawn up in violation of the Voting Rights Act, which the MF's regime has largely dismantled:

"The ruling particularly focuses on the arguments made in an early summer letter from the Department of Justice, which urged the state to redraw maps and threatened legal action if they did not dismantle so-called 'coalition districts,' which are majority nonwhite congressional districts made up of voters of different races and drawn in order to adhere to the Voting Rights Act.

In the opinion, Brown rules that the Justice Department made a 'legally incorrect assertion' that these districts were unconstitutional. So, the decision by Texas to redraw its map in response to the letter means 'the Governor explicitly directed the Legislature to redistrict based on race,' making it 'likely' the plaintiffs could prove that Texas racially gerrymandered the latest map." (our emphasis)

Texas will appeal the ruling to the Republican majority Supreme Court, which may reverse the three judge panel in order to please their authoritarian cult leader. 

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