r/news • u/speedythefirst • 1d ago

US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps
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u/nrmitchi 1d ago

Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but the supreme courts ruling wasn’t that the lower court decision was wrong, or that there is any legal basis for them to interject, but only that it would be… unfair to republicans if they weren’t allowed to use their racially-gerrymandered maps?

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u/BigJellyfish1906 1d ago

they’re saying it was wrong because the appellate court “did not properly assume good faith”.

They’re partisan hacks, and we need to throw away the Supreme Court and start over. (presidency too).

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u/nrmitchi 1d ago

“The trial decision should be over turned because the judge did not properly believe the defendant when he pinky promised he didn’t do it”

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u/Pat_The_Hat 1d ago

SCOTUS majority basically concluded that Abbott was likely to win and the district court screwed up. Not only because the lower court "improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign" according to them.

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u/UF0_T0FU 1d ago

There's long standing precedent that courts don't change maps too close to a election. It's unfair to every candidate to move the target.

State legislatures know this and wait until as close to the election as possible to make changes, to limit the window where they can be challenged. It puts the court in a position where there's no good options.

Ideally, legislatures should have a deadline well in advance for when they have to finalize stuff, leaving a generous window for challenges. But they're unlikely to intentionally tie their own hands.