This is Texas redistricting. This is very much going to be about 2026. We might have Epstein be about

2026, but this is well. The state of Texas tried to draw, redraw the maps at five more seats,

and now a federal judge has said, no, you can't. Three of them, actually. So, so three.

And redistricting cases, oftentimes the law requires that they are heard initially by a three-judge

panel, and that's what happened here.

And they are saying that the redistricting effort that Texas undertook here was done in a way

that wasn't just partisan.

It was overtly racial in its gerrymandering such that the plaintiffs who sued and there were

multiple groups of them are entitled to a preliminary injunction that blocks the use of those maps

for the 2026 election and requires Texas to go back to their 2021 maps.

They're saying that having a legislatively drawn map is preferable to courts drawing the map and getting involved

in that themselves.

They recognize time is of the essence.

And usually when you have an election right around the corner, a Supreme Court case called Purcell,

sort of begs that court sort of back off and not get involved.

And they say here, the evidence of the partisan

and racial gendariemandering was so obvious and flagrant that despite that Supreme Court case,

cautioning courts not to get involved, they had to override it. That's interesting. So I think

it's December 7th or December 8th that lawmakers have to file for their candidacy, which means there's only a few weeks

for this court to bring it up to, or for Texas to appeal this to the Supreme Court.

That's right.

The Supreme Court would need to weigh in before then.

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