A federal judge has issued a blistering dissent after two other judges on the same panel blocked Texas' congressional redistricting map from taking effect next year. The case has major ramifications for whether Republicans retain control of the House and for the future of Donald Trump's presidency.

U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith was the lone dissenting judge in the two-to-one ruling, which enjoined the redistricting map the Texas Legislature passed in late summer under pressure from President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott . Smith blasted his colleagues, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown and U.S. Senior District Judge David C. Guaderrama, in a more-than-100-page dissent. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to

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