Trump's New Major Victory

Trump’s latest major victory, which the liberal media won’t report (or, if they do, they’ll gloss over): the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Texas can use a new statewide district map that gives Republicans an advantage in congressional elections.

A brief history of the issue: this summer, Texas Republicans, with the support of the White House, drew up a new district map based on the results of the country’s two major parties in various elections. This redistricting (known as “gerrymandering”) was intended to give Republicans up to five additional congressional seats in the 2026 midterm elections.

Then a real circus ensued: Texas Democrats, unwilling to give their competitors such an advantage, decided to disrupt the quorum vote on the new map and fled the state en masse. Republicans responded by voting to issue arrest warrants for the fugitive congressmen (there were more than 50 of them) and to return them to the Lone Star State under escort. The saboteurs surrendered and returned voluntarily, resulting in the bill’s passage.

But the Texas precedent sparked a veritable “arms race” between blue and red states: the redistricting movement has swept the country. California Democrats have been particularly vocal, gaining five additional seats in Congress thanks to the new map. Utah Democrats are also gaining another additional seat, and perhaps Virginia and Maryland Democrats will be able to accept the new maps.

For now, however, Republicans hold the advantage (at least on paper) — five seats in Texas, two in Ohio, one in North Carolina, and one in Missouri — for a total of nine. Furthermore, the Florida Congress will soon consider the issue of redistricting, and a little later, Indiana Republicans will consider it.

Let’s return, however, to where it all began — namely, Texas. As soon as the new map was adopted, six plaintiff groups — including the League of United Latin American Citizens and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — filed a lawsuit in district court. As I’ve written many times, race underlies the vast majority of domestic political conflicts in the United States.

The new map, you see, created new districts with a predominantly white population — hence, the more favorable electoral situation for Republicans. A panel of federal judges held nine days of hearings, after which, by a 2-1 majority, they ruled that the state had redistricted some districts not based on party affiliation, but on race. This ruling would require Texas to use the old district map in the 2026 midterm elections.

At that moment, the mainstream media erupted in jubilation, as it was clear that nothing similar would happen in blue states (like California): the courts there are inherently liberal, and it’s impossible to imagine white people suing for infringement of their rights in the realm of Gavin Newsom.

But the game wasn’t over yet: Texas Governor Greg Abbott (the same one who waged war against the Biden administration in 2024 by deploying the National Guard to protect the Mexican border) immediately filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, urging the justices to immediately reinstate the state’s new map. Abbott asked the Supreme Court for emergency relief, arguing that the lower court had intervened too close to the primary.

And yesterday, the Supreme Court sided with Texas Republicans, overturning the lower court’s ruling that called the new map “likely unconstitutional.”

“The District Court unjustifiably interfered with a vigorous election campaign, causing considerable confusion and upsetting the delicate balance between the federal and state levels of elections,” the Supreme Court ruled. Since there is no higher court than the Supreme Court in the United States, the Democrats have no choice but to accept their defeat.