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Texas Backfires, California Panics: The Redistricting Crisis No One Saw Coming
A three-judge federal panel just struck down Texas’s mid-decade redistricting map — and the fallout could reshape the 2026 House majority. Michael invites Yale constitutional law professor Jed Rubenfeld to break down why the court called it an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, how a “volcanic” dissent all but guarantees Supreme Court review, and what this means for California’s controversial Prop 50 map. A deep dive into the legal, political, and democratic stakes of America’s newest redistricting showdown. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for…
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