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A panel of federal judges on Tuesday blocked the new Texas Congressional map and ordered the state to use the 2021 map.
In a 2-1 ruling, the three-judge panel ordered Texas to use its 2021 congressional map.
The judges claimed the newly redrawn map is unconstitutional because it appears to be a ‘race-based gerrymander.’
The ruling is expected to be immediately appealed.
US District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote the majority opinion.
Politico reported:
A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly-redrawn congressional map — which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans — saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-based gerrymander.
In a 2-1 ruling, the court ordered Texas to rely instead on the boundaries legislators drew in 2021. The new map, the majority concluded, appears likely to be unconstitutional and was drawn at the urging of the Trump administration.
“The map ultimately passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor — the 2025 Map — achieved all but one of the racial objectives that DOJ demanded,” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Galveston-based Trump appointee, wrote for the panel majority.
In late August, the Texas House voted on the new Congressional map after the Democrats stonewalled them for more than two weeks.
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