Supreme Court Stays Left-Wing Rogue Judges' Ruling That Texas Is Not Allowed to Draw Its Own Congressional Maps

Alito stayed the decision, which means, for the moment, the map is back.

The lawless rogue left-wing judges had issued an injunction blocking the implementation of the map -- an injunction being an order granted before a trial, after a mini-hearing and a finding that the moving party is "substantially likely to succeed" at the actual trial* -- which means there is now no ruling before the full trial.

We'll see how it goes from there.

For now, this is good news.

Texas is back to using its 2025 congressional map, at least temporarily, after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted the state's request to pause a court ruling that would have required using the lines legislators drew in 2021.

The high court has not yet decided what map Texas should use while the court battle over the legality of the map plays out over the coming weeks and months; Friday's ruling is a short-term pause while they make that decision.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton celebrated the step as a victory, and said his office would "look forward to continuing to press forward in our case on the merits."

* As the dissenting Judge Smith pointed out, the majority (of two) acknowledged that the law requires a "substantial likelihood" of victory to obtain this extraordinary relief, but then immediately ignored the requirement of "substantial (overwhelming) likelihood" and just spoke of mere likelihood.

Related: Conservatives won another victory at the Supreme Court.

This is complicated: A liberal fired by Trump filed suit arguing he couldn't be fired. The lowly district court judge granted Yet Another Emergency Injunction blocking his firing. The DC Court of Appeals vacated that injunction. The liberal brat appealed to the Supreme Court, who then declined to hear his appeal, letting the appeals court's ruling stand. And their ruling kicked over the lowly (left-wing) district court's Yet Another Emergency Inunction.

Todd Harper, a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, challenged his removal from that role, filing suit against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump, and other administration officials.

In July, D.C. District Judge Amir Ali granted summary judgment in favor of Harper, but the administration appealed, and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of Ali's judgment pending appeal in August. Harper then filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court in September.

And that writ -- a request for a review by the Court -- was declined.

The RedState article notes that a lot of wins are found in these "short orders." People focus on the big rulings, but the tiny little short orders, like just declining to hear this guy whine that he feels entitled to keep his job, are big, too.

posted by Ace at 04:50 PM

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