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BREAKING: Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms

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Unexpected pick-me-up today
Lmao. That’ll stop em.
Good. Fuck Governor Hot Wheels and his Cavalcade of Corruption.
this is nearly a whole year away. They'll appeal it and win, even if it has to get to the supreme corrupt judges.
- They dont have that much time:
  The case will likely be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but time is short: Candidates only have until Dec. 8 to file for the upcoming election.
  Id expect the shadow docket will do its shadow tricks and halt the halt, but its not cut and dry.
And California...?
- Wasn't California's gerrymandering explicitly conditional on Texas doing it?
  
  The language in the original legislative proposal (Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8) specified that California's new map would become operative if Texas, Florida, or another state adopted a new, non-federally-mandated congressional district map between August 1, 2025, and January 1, 2031.
  Ah, yes, it is, and not just Texas. So it won't happen if nobody else does it.
  EDIT: This was old info. That part was removed. So it still stands.
- I'm not a law person, but to the best of my knowledge, its OK to gerrymander on party lines, just not racial lines. I think California would be fine here. They are being sued as well so we will see how it goes.
  
  Prop 50 actually specifies that it will only come into effect if another state (not just Texas) does it.
  EDIT: That part was removed, so it actually still stands.

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