Celebrate the Court Blocking Texas’ Gerrymander

In a major victory for voting rights and democracy, a panel of federal judges has blocked Texas from using its newly drawn 2025 congressional maps — ruling that the maps are likely racially gerrymandered and cannot be used in next year’s elections.

Under pressure from Donald Trump and his push for more Republican-friendly maps nationwide, Texas lawmakers attempted a mid-decade redraw that added five GOP-leaning districts. But the evidence was overwhelming: the changes weren’t just political — they were explicitly based on race. Judge Jeffrey Brown noted that the governor and the Trump-run Justice Department directed the state to target “coalition districts” where no single racial group holds a majority, focusing only on majority–non-white districts while ignoring similar white-majority seats.

The ruling forces Texas to revert to its previously approved 2021 maps and puts a decisive legal roadblock in the path of efforts to dilute the voting power of Black, Latino, and Asian American communities. Plaintiffs, including the League of United Latin American Citizens, are now likely to prove at trial that the 2025 maps were engineered to undermine multiracial representation and violate federal protections against racial gerrymandering.

Add your name to celebrate this crucial victory for voting rights, racial justice, and equal representation — and to stand with the organizers fighting to protect our democracy from illegal gerrymandering.