Episode 910: With Candidates Ready to File, SCOTUS Temporarily Blocks Ruling on TX Racial Gerrymandering, LA Gerrymandering Decision Still Pending

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Nov. 24, 2025

With Candidates Ready to File, SCOTUS Temporarily Blocks Ruling on TX Racial Gerrymandering, LA Gerrymandering Decision Still Pending
As congressional candidates get ready for the 2026 midterms, the districts in which they run are still in limbo, waiting for the outcomes of two important racial gerrymandering cases in Texas and Louisiana.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - Trump-Requested Texas Congressional District Gerrymandering Blocked by Federal Court Panel 
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas – El Paso – MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
U.S. Supreme Court - Appeal by State of Texas  in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Texas Tribune - Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas’ new congressional map
NPR - Redistricting deadlines for the midterms loom as states wait for a Supreme Court ruling
American Democracy Minute - Outlook for the Voting Rights Act Dims, as Court’s Conservatives Appear to Turn Away From Their Own Precedent 

Groups Taking Action:

LULAC, MALDEF, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU, Legal Defense Fund, Power Coalition for Equity and Justice

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