U.S. Supreme Court could send clear signal in Texas redistricting case if it extends administrative stay

CBS News ^ | November 30, 2025 | Jack Fink

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The U.S. Supreme Court could soon extend its administrative stay in the Texas redistricting case that has generated nationwide controversy and headlines for months. If so, a legal analyst told CBS News Texas that it will become a clear signal that the Justices will keep the 2025 congressional maps in place for next year's all-important midterm elections.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections

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“Republicans have insisted they were motivated by partisan gains, not race, when they redrew the districts over the summer.”

As Democrats have been doing incessantly for many decades.

[Dr. Franklin]

Courts need to get out of drawing congressional districts. It’s a political act and was always intended to be so. Judges making such determinations just undermines confidence in the judiciary. Judges who draw congressional districts are acting politically.

[i_robot73]

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Courts need to get out of drawing congressional districts. It’s a political act and was always intended to be so. Judges making such determinations just undermines confidence in the judiciary. Judges who draw congressional districts are acting politically.
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We’re MOONS past Constitutional Republic that ‘undermines confidence in {X}’ is a joke

[TexasFreeper2009]

Yep, they civil rights act, although well intended, is and was a disaster, and should have been allowed to expire.

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“Judges who draw congressional districts are acting politically.”

And unconstitutionally.

[hal ogen]

“...and unconstitutionally”...that never seems to deter some “judges”.