The state of Texas cannot use their new congressional maps, according to the ruling of a Trump-appointed federal judge
Judge Jeffrey Brown rules that Texas must continue using their 2021 maps:
🚨WOW. A federal judge in Texas has struck down the Texas congressional map.
Court says election needs to be on 2021 maps. https://t.co/mkmSfmvJ5t
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 18, 2025
Here’s more from Politico:
A panel of federal judges has blocked Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map — which made five districts in the state more favorable to Republicans — saying the plan appeared to be an illegal race-based gerrymander.
In a 2-1 ruling, 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.
“The map ultimately passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor — the 2025 Map — achieved all but one of the racial objectives that DOJ demanded,” U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Galveston-based Trump appointee, wrote for the panel majority.
Bill Melugin writes: “Woah. Federal judge Jeffrey Brown is a Trump appointee & was a former TX Supreme Court justice appointed by Rick Perry.”
We’ll see what happens when this goes to the 5th Circuit.