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🚨Supreme Court ISSUES FINAL RULING on TEXAS MAP

2025-12-05 News & Politics
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SCOTUS Upholds Texas Gerrymander, Prompting Democratic Counter-Moves

Understand the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision allowing Texas's contested, racially gerrymandered map to stand for the midterms and how states are now reacting to this signal on partisan redistricting.

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  • The conservative majority on the Supreme Court issued a stay, preserving the aggressively gerrymandered Texas congressional map for the upcoming midterms.
  • A lower District Court, led by a Trump-appointed judge, previously found the map unlawful due to evidence of racist gerrymandering.
  • The Supreme Court majority based its pause on presuming legislative good faith and avoiding last-minute changes to election rules, overriding the lower court's extensive fact-finding.
  • Political responses include California's pre-existing counter-gerrymander (Prop 50) and Virginia's leadership openly suggesting even more extreme partisan maps following the SCOTUS action.

This discussion breaks down the Supreme Court's stated legal reasoning, contrasts it with the powerful dissent that upheld the lower court's evidentiary findings, and charts the immediate political fallout encouraging further aggressive partisan map drawing nationwide.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the Supreme Court ruling on the gerrymandered map in Texas by Trump and Governor Abbott and how Democrats are responding right away. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch

Top Comments (10)

@doughughes5732 2025-12-05

The Supreme Court seriously needs to have term limits already.

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@Liberatis_Dragon 2025-12-05

SCOTUS is an absolute disgrace. I despise what they have allowed America to become😡.

943 24 replies
@thomasgriffith2953 2025-12-05

SCOTUS is the most CORRUPT in the history of the USA!!!! 😡

441 3 replies
@DawnEOliv 2025-12-05

SCOTUS is trash! I hope this comes back to bite Texas in the ass.

351 8 replies
@GenevieveAwai 2025-12-05

The Supreme has abdicated its independence and is now a tool of the corrupt executive branch.

317 13 replies
@constantinusferreus4221 2025-12-05

Only one response possible: Gerrymander all Republicans out of office in states ruled by Democrats.

300 5 replies
@Rosbif06600 2025-12-05

If you ever get your democracy back, you must prosecute the corrupt Scotus 'judges'. And the method of appointing them must change.

172 1 replies
@jamiharmon9629 2025-12-05

The MOST CORRUPT COURT OF OUR HISTORY! IMPEACH!!

152 1 replies
@flybyguy1450 2025-12-05

Abolish the electoral college.

92 2 replies
@ServingTheAlmighty 2025-12-05

Supreme court members should be chosen by vote, popular vote and have term limits

45 1 replies

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