NRF Calls on SCOTUS to Keep Texas’s Mid-Decade Gerrymander Blocked
For Immediate Release
November 24, 2025
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NRF Calls on SCOTUS to Keep Texas’s Mid-Decade Gerrymander Blocked
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) submitted a brief to the Supreme Court in the case Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens, urging the justices to reject Texas’s request to stay a federal court order blocking its extreme mid-decade congressional gerrymander from use in the 2026 midterm elections.
In the response brief, NRF argues that Texas lawmakers acted with unconstitutional racial intent, as detailed in the district court’s thorough opinion; that Texas has not met the demanding standard required for an emergency stay; and that the lower court’s ruling simply restores the prior map, avoiding any disruption or confusion for voters.
“The Supreme Court should reject Texas’s bid to push through an unconstitutional map that has already been found to be egregiously gerrymandered by a three-judge panel in federal court. The district court proposed a straightforward, time-efficient remedy – reverting to the 2021 map,” said Marina Jenkins, Executive Director of NRF. “Allowing the new gerrymander to stand would repeat the mistakes made in Milligan, where delayed action denied equal representation to hundreds of thousands of Black voters in Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia for years. The Court should not force millions of Texans to suffer the same disenfranchisement.”
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