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Note: The court ruled that Texas violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by discriminating on the basis of race when drawing its new Republican gerrymander. So this opinion will not be fatally undermined by the Supreme Court's impending blow to the Voting Rights Act; it has an independent rationale.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Note: The court ruled that Texas violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by discriminating on the basis of race when drawing its new Republican gerrymander. So this opinion will not be fatally undermined by the Supreme Court's impending blow to the Voting Rights Act; it has an independent rationale.
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This opinion makes it very clear that Trump's Justice Department screwed up badly here. Texas could've just drawn a partisan gerrymander and gotten away with it. Instead, the Justice Department (unnecessarily) injected race into it, directing Texas to draw an unconstitutional *racial* gerrymander.
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This opinion makes it very clear that Trump's Justice Department screwed up badly here. Texas could've just drawn a partisan gerrymander and gotten away with it. Instead, the Justice Department (unnecessarily) injected race into it, directing Texas to draw an unconstitutional *racial* gerrymander.
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Apparently. ;) One additional way the metaphor works: you often can have the TV or whatever it is for a long time before you even realize the film is there and can be removed.
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Apparently. ;) One additional way the metaphor works: you often can have the TV or whatever it is for a long time before you even realize the film is there and can be removed.
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UPDATE: Texas is appealing today's redistricting ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO DIVISION
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS, et al.,
ALEXANDER GREEN, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Plaintiff-Intervenors,
3:21-cv-00259-DCG-JES-JVB
[Lead Case]
All Consolidated Cases
GREG ABBOTT, et al.,
Defendants.
THE STATE OF TEXAS'S NOTICE OF APPEAL
Notice is hereby given that Defendants, the State of Texas; Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas; Jane Nelson, in her official capacity as Secretary of State; and Dave Nelson, in his official capacity as Deputy Secretary of State, (collectively, "State Defendants") hereby appeal this Court's November 18, 2025 order granting a preliminary injunction, ECF No.
1437, to the United States Supreme Court. This appeal is taken pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1253.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiabpkcuvxhaztzim7ppi2mla2sd7vqibpwefntaa6hazrvcsll6um@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
UPDATE: Texas is appealing today's redistricting ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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They’re going to regulate whistles before guns aren’t they?
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
They’re going to regulate whistles before guns aren’t they?