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DISSENT: Judge Brown’s ‘Fictional’ Activism Blocked Trump-Texas Redistricting, Gave Soros Short-Lived Victory

Federal Judge Jerry Edwin Smith delivered a blistering dissent against fellow jurist Jeffrey Vincent Brown, condemning Brown’s 160‑page injunction blocking Texas’s 2025 redistricting map as “a Nobel Prize for Fiction” and “the most outrageous conduct” he has seen in nearly four decades on the bench. Smith’s rebuke came as the Supreme Court stepped in with an administrative stay, halting Brown’s ruling that found Texas racially gerrymandered its new congressional districts.

DISSENT: Judge Brown’s 'Fictional' Activism Blocked Trump -Texas Redistricting, Gave Sor

Obama and Holder Mobilize Democrats Against GOP Redistricting: Existential Threat to ‘Our Democracy’

Former President Barack Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder released a video Thursday calling on supporters to back the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), warning that Republican-led redistricting efforts in states such as Texas, Florida, and Ohio threaten to undermine minority voting power and reshape congressional control ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

US President Barack Obama (L) and US Attorney General Eric Holder (R) announce Holder's re

REPORT: Runaway Texas Democrats Fined $9K for Quorum-Busting Stunt

Reports on social media indicate that the Texas House of Representatives levied fines of more than $9,000 to the quorum-busting runaway Democrats who fled the state earlier this month. Previous reports indicate the legislators must pay the fines with personal funds, not campaign funds.

State Representative Salman Bhojani, a Democrat from Texas, State Representative Penny Mor

Texas House Passes One Big Beautiful Congressional Redistricting Map

The Texas House of Representatives’ effort to approve a mid-census congressional redistricting map cleared an important hurdle with the passage of the bill’s initial reading on Wednesday afternoon. The resolution was approved along party lines after a five-hour debate. Final passage by the House is expected later on Wednesday.

Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, oversees a debate over a redrawn U.S