Supreme Court Rules On Texas Redistricting Case

Would you look at that — a win for common sense and, dare I say it, reality out of the Supreme Court. On Thursday, the Court cleared the way for Texas to go ahead and use its newly redrawn congressional map for the 2026 midterms. And judging by the reaction from the left, you’d think someone had just set the Constitution on fire.

Now let’s set the scene: a three-judge District Court had granted an injunction, essentially freezing the map after left-wing activists — sorry, the League of Latin American Voters — cried foul. Their claim? That the map was allegedly drawn based on race. Because of course it was. That’s the go-to accusation anytime Democrats find themselves losing political ground — cry racism, rinse, repeat.

But the Supreme Court wasn’t buying it. In an unsigned order, the justices said the lower court got it wrong and reminded everyone that there’s still this little thing called the “presumption of legislative good faith.” Shocking, I know — the idea that maybe, just maybe, Texas lawmakers weren’t plotting voter suppression over secret meetings in shadowy basements.

Justice Alito, joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch, didn’t mince words in his concurring opinion. He stated the obvious: the map was drawn for partisan reasons, not racial ones. Translation? Welcome to politics, folks. If drawing maps to gain political advantage were a crime, we’d have to arrest every legislature in America — starting with California.

Alito even pointed out that the challengers — who screamed that the map was allegedly racially motivated — didn’t bother producing a single alternative map that could achieve the same partisan results without considering race. Why not? Because they couldn’t. Which makes the accusation look more like an ideological tantrum than a legitimate legal argument.

BREAKING – MASSIVE VICTORY: Supreme Court UPHOLDS Texas’ 2026 Congressional redistricting map in a 6-3 ruling

HUGE WIN.

This means +5 RED SEATS! pic.twitter.com/NBOK8sxIva

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 4, 2025

But never fear, Justice Kagan showed up with a dissent that read more like a dramatic monologue than a legal opinion. She insisted the ruling “disserves the millions of Texans” who were, according to her, “assigned to their new districts based on their race.” Again with the race. Apparently, it’s impossible in her world for political parties to maneuver without committing civil rights violations. Never mind that partisanship — not race — has been the name of the redistricting game for decades.

Now let’s talk about what’s really going on here. Democrats are losing their grip in states like Texas — and they know it. What they can’t win at the ballot box, they try to win in court. But when the legal system doesn’t bend to their narrative? Suddenly, the system is broken, democracy is under threat, and every Supreme Court ruling is a five-alarm fire. Funny how that works.

Here’s a thought: maybe the Democratic Party should spend less time crying foul over maps and more time figuring out why voters — especially working-class, minority voters — are slipping through their fingers. Spoiler alert: it’s not because of redistricting. It’s because people are tired of sky-high inflation, government overreach, open-border chaos, and a tone-deaf progressive elite that’s more concerned with pronouns than paychecks.

SCOTUS siding with Texas on redistricting may very well be what saved the future of humanity.

This was a big one. Celebrate!pic.twitter.com/4zP6XYXNXZ

— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) December 5, 2025

Meanwhile, Texas is doing what voters elected its leaders to do: protect the state’s values, draw legal maps, and prepare for the next election without being held hostage by activist groups pushing racial narratives as a political weapon.

So yes, the map stands. And with it, a reminder that not every branch of government has been captured by leftist hysteria. Somewhere, deep in the heart of Washington, common sense still lives. And for conservatives heading into 2026? That’s a very good sign.

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