Supreme Court SMACKS Down Rogue Judges in Texas Re-Districting Case!

Quick Overview

Circuit Judge Jerry Smith issued a scathing dissent to Judge Brown's majority opinion in the Texas redistricting case, calling the majority's actions "outrageous conduct" and pointing out that the majority opinion itself contained numerous factual and legal errors, including the failure to wait for Smith's dissent before issuing the ruling, which Smith argues was done deliberately to avoid having to address his arguments.

Key Points: Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith issued a lengthy dissent against Judge Jeffrey V. Brown's majority opinion in the Texas redistricting case, calling it the "most outrageous conduct by a judge" Smith had encountered in 37 years on the federal bench. Judge Brown issued a 160-page opinion without giving Smith a reasonable opportunity to respond, which Smith argues was done deliberately, noting the majority opinion itself contained errors and was finalized only five calendar days after the first actual opinion draft was sprung. The majority opinion failed to address Smith's arguments, such as the DOJ's alleged partisan motivations being behind the redistricting push, and the majority's entry on the district court docket gave the reader no access to Smith's dissent without opening a separate, non-consecutive docket entry. Smith quotes Chief Justice John Roberts: "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race," implying the majority's focus was improperly race-based. Smith highlights that the majority opinion's decision effectively forces states to create race-based districts, which he argues runs contrary to established legal principles. The dissent notes that Judge Brown was announcing an opinion three days later that Smith hadn't even seen, an action Smith calls "unthinkable, but it occurred — and not accidentally." The dissent concludes by stating the majority won by diminishing the impact of the dissent, calling the outcome a "Pyrrhic victory."

Context: The video discusses the dissent filed by Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith in a three-judge district court ruling concerning Texas's new 2025 electoral map for U.S. House elections. The majority opinion, written by Judge Jeffrey V. Brown, granted a preliminary injunction against the map, but Judge Smith strongly disagreed with the process and substance of the ruling, leading to this detailed and highly critical dissent.