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I have a hunch it might be because the redistricting was rammed through without Texas voters having a say. Wouldn't it be sweet revenge if Texas' redistricting is overturned and California's is allowed to stand.

I guess that still stands even with the election win.

but that provision was stripped from the final bill that california approved. so eve if the texas maps dont take effect the new california ones will unless the courts intervene

To quote the opinion:"The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map".

Texas governor and GOP lawmakers unilaterally made the change without consent, using race as a means to draw the map.

CA isn’t doing that, and will likely beat the lawsuit brought by the Trump Admin.

Of course, we have a corrupt SCOTUS, so this may all go south in favor of Trump.

districting commission. TX doesn't allow for referenda.

There is a DOJ suit filed four days ago against CA, though, after TX Republicans suit against CA was dismissed.
But there's also yet another Republican suit on appeal to the SCOTUS. ( I THINK these are two different suits, though I haven't checked the Democracy Docket's timeline.)

Since CA has the permission of CA citizens, the DOJ probably won't win this one. If SCOTUS were to overturn the CA referendum -- as the maga six would likely try to come up with some new "doctrine" about a state temporarily suspending its districting commission -- the ruling, imo, would effectively end US Constitutional rights of states to run their own elections.

Directly appealable to the Supreme Court.

The decision is a major blow for Republicans, including President Donald Trump, who had pushed Texas’ GOP leaders to draw new lines to help protect the party’s narrow U.S. House majority.

Breaking: Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms.

— Texas Tribune (@texastribune.org) 2025-11-18T18:30:03.820Z

(and, somehow, not in California)

Al Green is one of the plaintiffs in this case and was one of the main targets of this redistricting scam. I have known Al for 20 or so years and has work on voter protection efforts with Al. Al represents CD 9 but was redistricted so that much of his district is now in CD 18. Al is currently going to run in CD 18 which was Sylvester Turner's district. Abbott has been an asshole and has kept this seat open for 11 months. There will be a runoff on January 31 between two great young democrats, Christen Menefee and Amanda Edwards. The winner and loser of that runoff would then have to run against Al Green in the March primary.

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To be clear, I am against the gerrymandering, and glad it has been possibly put on hold. That being said…

The Texas Republican leadership is not dumb. Selfish and corrupt, yes. Dumb, no. So the question is… If the gerrymander was such a slam dunk idea, why didn’t they do it after the last census?

The reason: dilution. In general, if a party has a +14 advantage in a district, it’s a lock. The state already is as gerrymandered as it can be and still maintain an almost unbeatable advantage.

Further rigging the districts would bring their advantage down to “only” 6-8 points. Still an advantage, but not a sure thing. We might have picked up some seats…

Still, allowing it to happen would be a bad precedent. Hopefully the courts continue to rule correctly.