{"id":124011,"date":"2025-11-18T10:23:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=124011"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:35:45","slug":"in-blow-to-trump-federal-judges-block-new-texas-congressional-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=124011","title":{"rendered":"In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas\u2019 newly redrawn congressional map \u2014 which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans \u2014 saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-based gerrymander.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387\/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1437.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><u>2-1 ruling<\/u><\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe map ultimately passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor \u2014 the 2025 Map \u2014 achieved all but one of the racial objectives that DOJ demanded,\u201d U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Galveston-based Trump appointee, wrote for the panel majority.<\/p>\n<p>The decision is a massive blow in the White House\u2019s push to redistrict across the country. Texas\u2019 five-seat map represented the biggest gains for the GOP through redrawing. 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