Texas blocked from using new maps in 2026 election by three judge panel.

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Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026

The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would appeal.
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Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and will instead need to stick with the lines passed in 2021, a three-judge panel ruled Tuesday.


“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” U.S. Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote in the ruling. “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.”


The ruling itself can be found here:
The ruling starts out with a quote from Chief Justice John Roberts which is the basis for declaring Texas' maps likely violate the Supreme Court rulings on racial gerrymanders.


The funny part of the ruling is it's the demand by Trump's DoJ for Texas to redraw districts that highlights why the redistricting is an illegal racial gerrymander.
 
This ruling is an injunction to prevent the new maps from being used while the court hears the case and makes a final ruling.

With the date for candidates declaring for office fast approaching and primaries in a few months, the courts may have to let the 2021 maps stay in place or violate their standard to not interfere too close to an election.
 
Poor Richard Saunders said:
www.texastribune.org

Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026

The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump. Attorney General Ken Paxton said he would appeal.
www.texastribune.org www.texastribune.org

Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and will instead need to stick with the lines passed in 2021, a three-judge panel ruled Tuesday.


“The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics,” U.S. Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote in the ruling. “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.”


The ruling itself can be found here:
The ruling starts out with a quote from Chief Justice John Roberts which is the basis for declaring Texas' maps likely violate the Supreme Court rulings on racial gerrymanders.


The funny part of the ruling is it's the demand by Trump's DoJ for Texas to redraw districts that highlights why the redistricting is an illegal racial gerrymander.
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Let's hope this decision holds up too, if ever administration needed oversight it's this one?!!

I would be shocked if the GOP kept the house in the 2026 midterms?!! The senate should also be in play too?!!
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signalmankenneth said:
Let's hope this decision holds up too, if ever administration needed oversight it's this one?!!

I would be shocked if the GOP kept the house in the 2026 midterms?!! The senate should also be in play too?!!
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From what I am reading, because the case was decided by a three judge panel it can only be appealed to the Supreme Court. Who knows if they will be willing to stay the ruling.
 
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