Expect the Fifth Circuit to step in immediately in the Texas redistricting case.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) November 19, 2025
I suspect there will be a lot of behind-the-scenes action.
The dissenting judge today is a Senior Status Fifth Circuit Judge.
The two judge majority who pulled the stunt of issuing the 160 page…
will25u said:Expect the Fifth Circuit to step in immediately in the Texas redistricting case.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) November 19, 2025
I suspect there will be a lot of behind-the-scenes action.
The dissenting judge today is a Senior Status Fifth Circuit Judge.
The two judge majority who pulled the stunt of issuing the 160 page…
techno-ag said:will25u said:Expect the Fifth Circuit to step in immediately in the Texas redistricting case.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) November 19, 2025
I suspect there will be a lot of behind-the-scenes action.
The dissenting judge today is a Senior Status Fifth Circuit Judge.
The two judge majority who pulled the stunt of issuing the 160 page…
Good. Hope some positive consequences come out of this.
Teslag said:
Why would 5th circuit not hear the appeal?
The district court, like district courts generally, will deny the request. (After all, the judges who issued an opinion typically think they got it right.) But the rules require that you first seek a stay at the trial court before SCOTUS.
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) November 20, 2025
In a 2-1 vote, a panel of federal judges has denied a motion to stay the ruling that blocked Texas's new congressional map.
— DW Fan (@daily_wire_fan) November 21, 2025
This was a necessary procedural step for the State, who can now seek relief at the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/aex3VK3MtY
BREAKING: SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito has granted a *temporary* administrative pause on Judge Jeff Brown’s ruling re: Texas’ congressional map. He is requesting a response from the plaintiffs by EOD Monday on whether to pause the ruling for the length of the appeal
— Eleanor Klibanoff (@eklib) November 22, 2025
Who?mikejones! said:BREAKING: SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito has granted a *temporary* administrative pause on Judge Jeff Brown’s ruling re: Texas’ congressional map. He is requesting a response from the plaintiffs by EOD Monday on whether to pause the ruling for the length of the appeal
— Eleanor Klibanoff (@eklib) November 22, 2025
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On Tuesday, the media was filled with stories that a three-judge panel had voted 2-1 to issue a 160-page order blocking the Texas legislature's new congressional redistricting plan.
The order claimed the redistricting was unlawfully based on race as opposed to partisanshipa claim at odds with what we all saw happen in the partisan political fight within the state legislature, which included a walkout by Democrat legislators.
What wasn't attached to the order was the dissenting opinion by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry Smith, a 37-year veteran of the federal judiciary who is greatly respected for his legal acumen. His 104-page dissent came out a day later and marks the most scathing denunciation I have ever read of another judge.
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In his dissent, Smith accused Brown and Guaderrama of "pernicious judicial misbehavior" in deliberately not providing Smith with "any reasonable opportunity" to review Brown's opinion "and respond" before it was issued. Smith calls it "the most outrageous conduct by a judge that I have ever encountered in a case in which I have been involved." He spends four pages going through the timing involved and says that "any pretense of judicial restraint, good faith or trust by these two judges is gone."
Smith then starts off the substance of his dissenting opinion by acknowledging an undeniable fact: "The main winners from Judge Brown's opinion are George Soros and Gavin Newsom. The obvious losers are the People of Texas and the Rule of Law."
Smith proceeds to totally dismantle the majority's decision and its unsubstantiated claim that race, not politics, was the driving factor in the redistricting. Throughout, he repeats the phrase "I dissent" more than a dozen times.
Theres more at the link. Von Spakovsky is a former DOJ civil rights division attorney and he's great. Judge Smith wrecked the unethical judges.Quote:
According to Smith, Brown's opinion is so deceptive and so lacking in facts or law that Brown could have "saved himself and the readers a lot of time and effort by merely stating the following":
I just don't like what the Legislature did here. It was unnecessary, and it seems unfair to disadvantaged voters. I need to step in to make sure wiser heads prevail over the nakedly partisan and racially questionable actions of these zealous lawmakers…I'm using my considerable clout as a federal district judge to put a stop to bad policy judgments. After all, I get paid to do what I think is right.
Brown's actions are, Smith wrote, "the most blatant exercise of judicial activism" that he has "ever witnessed" during his lengthy judicial career.
Hopefully the unethical judges' careers will suffer as a consequence. It's not right for the highest guardians of justice to be so partisan.Ellis Wyatt said:
Here's an article from a legal expert on the subject:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/20/texas-redistricting-most-scathing-denunciation-of-court-decision-ive-ever-read/Quote:
On Tuesday, the media was filled with stories that a three-judge panel had voted 2-1 to issue a 160-page order blocking the Texas legislature's new congressional redistricting plan.
The order claimed the redistricting was unlawfully based on race as opposed to partisanshipa claim at odds with what we all saw happen in the partisan political fight within the state legislature, which included a walkout by Democrat legislators.
What wasn't attached to the order was the dissenting opinion by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry Smith, a 37-year veteran of the federal judiciary who is greatly respected for his legal acumen. His 104-page dissent came out a day later and marks the most scathing denunciation I have ever read of another judge.
…Quote:
In his dissent, Smith accused Brown and Guaderrama of "pernicious judicial misbehavior" in deliberately not providing Smith with "any reasonable opportunity" to review Brown's opinion "and respond" before it was issued. Smith calls it "the most outrageous conduct by a judge that I have ever encountered in a case in which I have been involved." He spends four pages going through the timing involved and says that "any pretense of judicial restraint, good faith or trust by these two judges is gone."
Smith then starts off the substance of his dissenting opinion by acknowledging an undeniable fact: "The main winners from Judge Brown's opinion are George Soros and Gavin Newsom. The obvious losers are the People of Texas and the Rule of Law."
Smith proceeds to totally dismantle the majority's decision and its unsubstantiated claim that race, not politics, was the driving factor in the redistricting. Throughout, he repeats the phrase "I dissent" more than a dozen times.
…Theres more at the link. Von Spakovsky is a former DOJ civil rights division attorney and he's great. Judge Smith wrecked the unethical judges.Quote:
According to Smith, Brown's opinion is so deceptive and so lacking in facts or law that Brown could have "saved himself and the readers a lot of time and effort by merely stating the following":
I just don't like what the Legislature did here. It was unnecessary, and it seems unfair to disadvantaged voters. I need to step in to make sure wiser heads prevail over the nakedly partisan and racially questionable actions of these zealous lawmakers…I'm using my considerable clout as a federal district judge to put a stop to bad policy judgments. After all, I get paid to do what I think is right.
Brown's actions are, Smith wrote, "the most blatant exercise of judicial activism" that he has "ever witnessed" during his lengthy judicial career.
Why? You know why. The "mistakes" only ever happen and harm one side.taxpreparer said:
What I want to know is why Texas and other states undercounted in the last.census, effectively denying proportionate representation on Congress, and the Electoral College, not sued for immediate remedy? We should not be forced to wait until the 2030 census to get our votes.
The United States has filed an amicus brief in support of Texas's effort to revive its 2025 congressional map.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) November 24, 2025
The US clarifies its letter to Texas and argues that plaintiffs should have been required to produce an alternative map as set out in Alexander. pic.twitter.com/wT3xh6mIEB
🚨 Texas has filed a reply in support of its bid to reinstate its 2025 congressional map for the upcoming midterm elections.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) November 25, 2025
The State argues that the lower court issued its ruling too close to election deadlines, requiring a Purcell stay.
It also argues that the lower court… pic.twitter.com/Xh7ic62eGT
BREAKING: North Carolina can use GOP-drawn congressional map designed to add another Republican House seat, court rules - NBC
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 27, 2025
will25u said:BREAKING: North Carolina can use GOP-drawn congressional map designed to add another Republican House seat, court rules - NBC
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 27, 2025
will25u said:BREAKING: North Carolina can use GOP-drawn congressional map designed to add another Republican House seat, court rules - NBC
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 27, 2025
🚨 BREAKING -- Indiana House Republicans have released a draft congressional map that would shift the state’s delegation from 7-2 to a 9-0 Republican sweep. pic.twitter.com/tZbgnz6DxW
— VoteHub (@VoteHub) December 1, 2025
TOUCHDOWN! said:
ReThuglicans can't win without cheating.
TOUCHDOWN! said:
ReThuglicans can't win without cheating.
TOUCHDOWN! said:
ReThuglicans can't win without cheating.
TOUCHDOWN! said:
ReThuglicans can't win without cheating.
TOUCHDOWN! said:
ReThuglicans can't win without cheating.
TOUCHDOWN! said:
ReThuglicans can't win without cheating.
Ag with kids said:will25u said:BREAKING: North Carolina can use GOP-drawn congressional map designed to add another Republican House seat, court rules - NBC
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 27, 2025
Breaking:
A Hawaii Justice of the Peace has vacated this ruling!
