U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, an appointee of President Donald Trump, focused in the 160-page ruling on a letter from the president's administration that Gov. Greg Abbott had originally used to justify the redistricting push.

The letter, from the Department of Justice, asserted that four Democrat-held districts in Texas had been unconstitutionally drawn based on racial makeup, without mentioning any Republican districts. By citing the document in his call to lawmakers, Brown wrote, Abbott "explicitly directed the Legislature to redistrict based on race."

"In press appearances, the Governor plainly and expressly disavowed any partisan objective and instead repeatedly stated that his goal was to eliminate coalition districts and create new majority-Hispanic districts," Brown wrote.

Joining Brown in the decision was Judge David C. Guaderrama, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama. Judge Jerry E. Smith, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, dissented but did not immediately publish his reasons.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton quickly filed a notice of appeal on Tuesday, calling the ruling an effort to "undermine the will of the people." Gov. Greg Abbott said "any claim that these maps are discriminatory is absurd."

"This ruling is clearly erroneous and undermines the authority the U.S. Constitution assigns to the Texas Legislature by imposing a different map by judicial edict," Abbott said in a statement, vowing to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Brown acknowledged that the order likely scrambles the filing process for candidates of both parties planning to run for Congress in the midterms. But, he noted, the ruling comes in advance of the Dec. 8 filing date to gain ballot access for the Democratic and Republican primaries, and they put the onus on the GOP map drawers for any hiccup their decision might cause.

"Any disruption that would happen here is attributable to the Legislature, not the Court," he wrote, adding later: "The Legislature — not the Court — redrew Texas’s congressional map weeks before precinct-chair and candidate-filing periods opened."

State Rep. Gene Wu, the Houston Democrat who led his party’s walkout in the Texas House that temporarily delayed passage of the GOP-drawn districts, called the judges’ ruling a vindication.

“Greg Abbott and his Republican cronies tried to silence Texans’ voices to placate Donald Trump, but now have delivered him absolutely nothing,” Wu said in a statement.

Earlier this month, voters in California overwhelmingly approved a move to redraw their state’s congressional boundaries in response to the new Texas map. The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the California map.

“Donald Trump and Greg Abbott played with fire, got burned -- and democracy won,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and the driving force behind Prop 50, said on X. “This ruling is a win for Texas, and for every American who fights for free and fair elections.”

Doggett, Texas’s longest serving member in Congress, said the ruling breathes new life into a political career that begin in the early 1970s and that up until Tuesday had appeared moribund.

"To borrow from Mark Twain, the reports of my death, politically, are greatly exaggerated,” Doggett said in a statement. “This federal court order means that I have a renewed opportunity to continue serving the only town I have ever called home, as democracy faces greater challenges than at any point in my lifetime.”

>Texas redistricting blocked
>California redistricting maps allowed to stand
I don't feel so good about this maga bros..

>>1458437
inb4 scotus overturns the lower court's ruling 2 days before the final deadline

>>1458437
Why you so surprised? How many times has the lower court fucked with decisions made by Trump or Republicans this year? What's the count at?

>>1458430
>meanwhile, Prop. 50 in California passed with a nearly 2/3rds majority: by the Will of the People
Midterms? The MAGAts' orange god being turned into lame duck a l'orange starts here.

>>1458458
Yesterday he was literally Hitler turning the USA into a dictatorship. Now another nobody judge tries to stall the inevitable for the 10,000th time today and it's lame duck season? lol

Remember this post when Trump does something absolutely outrageous like deporting a handful of illegal criminals or supports the 2nd amendment, and dems start howling for blood again.

...and while others will feast on the fattened lame duck a l'orange to celebrate the inevitable Midterm Massacre, a message for those those reduced to watching them eating the bitch... I mean rich:
Would you like some cheese with your whine?

>>1458460
Republicans can only win by cheating. Democrats can only win by the Republicans being so horrible and the Democrats being less horrible

>>1458446
>How many times has the lower court fucked with decisions made by Trump or Republicans this year?
Are we defining 'fucked' as 'rightfully shot down low quality slop for being blatantly wrong'?

>>1458462
>Republicans can only win by cheating.
So this election was rigged?

>>1458460
>Yesterday he was literally Hitler turning the USA into a dictatorship. Now another nobody judge tries to stall the inevitable for the 10,000th time today and it's lame duck season?
These aren’t mutually exclusive and I don’t know how you could think they are.

>>1458463
Yeah I know it breaks your fucking heart that illegals are being tossed out of the country after you worked so hard sabotaging America, including installing a dementia patient who let 11 million walk right in and only lifted a finger to do anything about the border when Texas started making their own barriers - so he could tear them down!

All that being said, can we get a count of how many times lower court nobodies have tried to stop Trump this year alone? I really want to know the number so I can insist we do the same the next time a democrat is in office and tries to get anything done.

>>1458466
Are we defining 'tried to stop' as 'rightfully shot down low quality slop for being blatantly wrong'?

The shill spammed his script again

>>1458474
If that's the definition you want to use for using federal agents to enforce laws states don't think they have to uphold, then I really don't give a shit. Count bitch.

>>1458477
We know you don't give a shit. About truth or reality. But thanks anyways faggot

>>1458478
What I don't give a shit about is you posting anything other than a count.

>>1458437
>Texas racially gerrymandered
>California didn't

>>1458464
They are supposed to redraw districts after the census in 2030. Trump wanted them to do it early so the republicans have a better chance in the midterms. Texas took it to another level and got rid of five democrat-held House seats. If that isn't cheating then it's at best abusing the system.

>>1458496
>If that isn't cheating then it's at best abusing the system.
Its perfectly legal and Democrats have gerrymandered states far worse than any Republican state.

>>1458430
So now that Texas cant redraw their map, California wont do it either? Right? Because Cali was only doing it to "protect our Democracy", right?

>>1458509
how long are your shifts

>>1458509
>Its perfectly legal and Democrats have gerrymandered states far worse than any Republican state.
False. Republicans invented off-season redistricting in the 2000s.

>>1458518
>gerrymandered
Words have meaning.

Illinois and Maryland and Massachusetts are all horrendously gerrymandered and have been for generations.

>>1458496
So doing the same shit that every democrat state has done already? New York? Illinois? California? Again with the classic "It's only okay when WE do it!"

>>1458522
but how long are your shifts, pedo apologist shill

>>1458522
>3 dem states
>vs 30 republican states
uh huh
>>1458523
Where do you people get this shit from?

>>1458496
>They are supposed to redraw districts after the census in 2030
Texas has been trying to draw a new map since 2020. Its been held up in court for four years. They won their court case in August last year and were going to move forward with the map they drew four years ago.

Which is what makes what Newsome is doing so disgusting.

>>1458526
>>3 dem states
>>vs 30 republican states
Yes. Democrats is notorious for gerrymandering.

>>1458527
Californians voted on undoing their anti-redistricting law specifically to fight Texas' off season gerrymandering. Before this year they couldn't gerrymander. An independent commission drew the districts.

>>1458529
you "is" esl

>>1458529
Republican states do it far more than Democrat states do.
https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card/

>>1458530
>California is gerrymandering because Texas finally won a court case they have been fighting for four years
Yeah, its pretty disgusting desu.

>>1458531
Get absolutely baited. Retard.

>>1458535
so you're retarded on purpose? what have you baited me into doing aside from what i do every time you post

>>1458535
You're also leaving out that Trump specifically asked red states to help him win the midterms by gerrymandering away Dem districts. Nice try at gaslighting though.

>>1458536
>what have you baited me into doing
>aside from what i do every time you post
Answered your own question, bait enjoyer.

>>1458538
being called out as an illiterate retard is a win for you? alright, retard. congrats i guess

>>1458537
>You're also leaving out that Trump specifically asked red states to help him win the midterms by gerrymandering away Dem districts.
You're leaving out that Texas has been trying to implement this map since the Biden-era.

Look, if you think its okay that Newsom can objectively lie so that he can gerrymander his state. Thats fine. But then dont complain about gerrymandering. Its an especially dumb fight as Republicans will win a gerrymandering fight as their states are generally more fairly drawn.

>>1458540
your lies have been lackluster lately. you really do belong on facebook

>>1458539
Yes. Farming (you)'s from an angry retard chasing shadows is fun. Welcome to 4chan.

>>1458542
oh, so you enjoy when you get a penny every time i call you a dumb faggot who isn't white or american? well, i guess you have your dream job don't you

>>1458541
What lie? Be specific in your answer.

>>1458543
If I am a shill, and I do get paid for each (you), why would you help me get paid?

Not beating the retard allegations, anon.

>>1458541
He's so divorced from reality he thinks blue states gerrymander more than red states. It's hard to tell if he's retarded or just misled, but I don't know how someone gets so misled.

esl shill bores me, i guess he gets no more attention tonight. that was quick, he's only just clocked in

>>1458546
>he thinks blue states gerrymander more than red states
*AHEM*
>In Illinois in the 2022 U.S. House elections: Republicans got about 43.7% of the statewide vote but only 3 of 17 seats in the House delegation.
>In Massachusetts: Republicans often win ~30-40% of the statewide vote in certain contests, yet they hold 0 of the 9 U.S. House seats.

>>1458549
>2 blue states is so much worse than 30 red states doing it
Here's your (you)

>>1458547
I still get paid when you respond without a (you). Thank you for doing the needful SAAR.

>>1458550
>30 red states do it
Do they?

>>1458553
How do you not know this?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/congress-gerrymander-redistricting-elections.html
>The Texas legislature kicked things off. Missouri and North Carolina legislators followed suit. An already scheduled redrawing in Ohio just finished, potentially netting Republicans more seats, while a judge in Utah on Monday tossed out a congressional map proposed by the state’s Republican legislature, a decision that Democrats welcomed ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

>>1458554
>30 red states do it
>30 red states *are going to* do it

>>1458557
After Trump insisted they do it, yes, correct.

>>1458557
All of them except Indiana
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/indiana-republicans-trump-redistricting
>‘Blackmail’: Indiana Senate Republicans say no to redistricting despite Trump’s primary threats

>>1458553
They try but the maps keep getting struck down by courts for being racist
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/redistricting-litigation-roundup-0

>rightard is eternally baited by reality, which has a liberal bias
Those who aren't subhuman rightards become richer with something far more valuable: schadenfreude.
Why need to be in /news/ if the world is exactly as you would wish it to be? If it were, you wouldn't need to post. Your insecurity's showing every time you have the autistic need to be here because it isn't, and you don't like it.