The original civil rights groups that challenged the new gerrymandered maps of Texas back in August of this year asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling that would have temporarily blocked the use of the redrawn district maps in the 2026 elections.
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
In asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling blocking use of the new map, civic groups such as the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas State NAACP Conference reiterated that the new map is a racial gerrymander.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
In response to the decision, the state filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a lower court ruling blocking use of the new card caused “chaos.On Friday, in response to the state's appeal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily stayed the lower court's ruling, giving the court full time to consider the issue before making a final decision.
In asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling blocking use of the new map, civic groups such as the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas State NAACP Conference reiterated that the new map is a racial gerrymander.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
But last week federal court ruled use of this new map, instead ordering the state to use the old map for the 2026 elections. In his order, District Judge Jeff Brown, appointed by Trump in 2019, called the new map a racial gerrymander and therefore unconstitutional.
In response to the decision, the state filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a lower court ruling blocking use of the new card caused “chaos.On Friday, in response to the state's appeal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily stayed the lower court's ruling, giving the court full time to consider the issue before making a final decision.
In asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling blocking use of the new map, civic groups such as the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas State NAACP Conference reiterated that the new map is a racial gerrymander.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
Texas' involvement in the Trump administration's machinations began back in August, when GOP Gov. Greg Abbott bowed to pressure from the Trump administration and signed the new maps into law by his state's Republican-controlled Legislature. The new maps are expected to flip five congressional seats currently held by Democrats, giving Republicans control of 30 of the state's 38 congressional seats.
But last week federal court ruled use of this new map, instead ordering the state to use the old map for the 2026 elections. In his order, District Judge Jeff Brown, appointed by Trump in 2019, called the new map a racial gerrymander and therefore unconstitutional.
In response to the decision, the state filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a lower court ruling blocking use of the new card caused “chaos.On Friday, in response to the state's appeal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily stayed the lower court's ruling, giving the court full time to consider the issue before making a final decision.
In asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling blocking use of the new map, civic groups such as the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas State NAACP Conference reiterated that the new map is a racial gerrymander.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
Until recently, the Trump-backed redistricting pressure campaign seemed lose steamHowever, with the gerrymandered Texas map back in play, the results of Trump's efforts to determine the outcome of the midterm elections are up in the air.
Texas' involvement in the Trump administration's machinations began back in August, when GOP Gov. Greg Abbott bowed to pressure from the Trump administration and signed the new maps into law by his state's Republican-controlled Legislature. The new maps are expected to flip five congressional seats currently held by Democrats, giving Republicans control of 30 of the state's 38 congressional seats.
But last week federal court ruled use of this new map, instead ordering the state to use the old map for the 2026 elections. In his order, District Judge Jeff Brown, appointed by Trump in 2019, called the new map a racial gerrymander and therefore unconstitutional.
In response to the decision, the state filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a lower court ruling blocking use of the new card caused “chaos.On Friday, in response to the state's appeal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily stayed the lower court's ruling, giving the court full time to consider the issue before making a final decision.
In asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling blocking use of the new map, civic groups such as the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas State NAACP Conference reiterated that the new map is a racial gerrymander.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
The Supreme Court's involvement in the dispute over the recently redrawn map of Texas is just part of a larger redistricting war that the Trump administration has been waging across the country for months. The Trump administration is pushing red states to redraw their districts to help Republicans flip Democratic-held seats in red states in an effort to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.
Until recently, the Trump-backed redistricting pressure campaign seemed lose steamHowever, with the gerrymandered Texas map back in play, the results of Trump's efforts to determine the outcome of the midterm elections are up in the air.
Texas' involvement in the Trump administration's machinations began back in August, when GOP Gov. Greg Abbott bowed to pressure from the Trump administration and signed the new maps into law by his state's Republican-controlled Legislature. The new maps are expected to flip five congressional seats currently held by Democrats, giving Republicans control of 30 of the state's 38 congressional seats.
But last week federal court ruled use of this new map, instead ordering the state to use the old map for the 2026 elections. In his order, District Judge Jeff Brown, appointed by Trump in 2019, called the new map a racial gerrymander and therefore unconstitutional.
In response to the decision, the state filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a lower court ruling blocking use of the new card caused “chaos.On Friday, in response to the state's appeal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily stayed the lower court's ruling, giving the court full time to consider the issue before making a final decision.
In asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling blocking use of the new map, civic groups such as the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas State NAACP Conference reiterated that the new map is a racial gerrymander.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
The Supreme Court's involvement in the dispute over the recently redrawn map of Texas is just part of a larger redistricting war that the Trump administration has been waging across the country for months. The Trump administration is pushing red states to redraw their districts to help Republicans flip Democratic-held seats in red states in an effort to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.
Until recently, the Trump-backed redistricting pressure campaign seemed lose steamHowever, with the gerrymandered Texas map back in play, the results of Trump's efforts to determine the outcome of the midterm elections are up in the air.
Texas' involvement in the Trump administration's machinations began back in August, when GOP Gov. Greg Abbott bowed to pressure from the Trump administration and signed the new maps into law by his state's Republican-controlled Legislature. The new maps are expected to flip five congressional seats currently held by Democrats, giving Republicans control of 30 of the state's 38 congressional seats.
But last week federal court ruled use of this new map, instead ordering the state to use the old map for the 2026 elections. In his order, District Judge Jeff Brown, appointed by Trump in 2019, called the new map a racial gerrymander and therefore unconstitutional.
In response to the decision, the state filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a lower court ruling blocking use of the new card caused “chaos.On Friday, in response to the state's appeal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily stayed the lower court's ruling, giving the court full time to consider the issue before making a final decision.
In asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling blocking use of the new map, civic groups such as the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Texas State NAACP Conference reiterated that the new map is a racial gerrymander.
“The district court documented a sequence of events that demonstrated the dominance of race in the 2025 Texas redistricting process,” the civil rights groups wrote in a statement Monday.
“First, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a public letter to Governor Abbott, directed the State to eliminate four designated majority-minority congressional districts based on their racial composition. In response, the Governor placed redistricting on the Legislature's special session agenda and repeatedly promised in videotaped interviews that Texas would follow the Department of Justice's directive to 'remove' so-called coalition congressional districts,” the summary states. “In doing so, they took a sledgehammer to black and Latino voting rights in these counties.”
In their post on Monday, the groups also noted that using the 2025 map would also cause chaos.
“…even if Defendants were correct that using the 2021 map would cause some confusion, so would using the 2025 map,” the brief states. “As discussed above, the 2025 map was passed just three months ago, the election under the 2021 map was just a few weeks ago, and there has been uncertainty since the map was passed.”
The court will not make a final decision until the State of Texas responds to this latest legal challenge.
