If Abbott had stuck with the story that this was purely political gamesmanship, the court would likely have allowed the redraw to stand, based on Supreme Court precedent effectively sanctioning partisan gerrymanders. But by repeatedly tying the process to a court ruling that changed the racial makeup of who can bring legal challenges under the Voting Rights Act, Abbott “explicitly directed the Legislature to redistrict based on race,” Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote in the ruling that blocked Texas’ new map.
lol. And because Texas went ahead with gerrymandering before CA put prop 50 on the ballot, CA removed the “if Texas gerrymanders” clause from prop 50. Since it was happening, they yanked the unnecessary conditional logic.
So now, prop 50 is happening, but Texas is stuck in the mud, and the GOP might get the opposite of the corrupt thing they pushed for. Amazing.
