Redressability and Irreparable Harm in the Texas Gerrymandering Case

The briefing has now concluded in Abbott v. LULAC. Texas's reply brief contends that a stay would not harm the plaintiffs. Here, the District Court ordered that Texas must use the 2021 map--the same map that the plaintiffs previously argued was unconstitutional.

Finally, Plaintiffs fail to demonstrate that a stay would harm them. Plaintiffs contend that allowing the election to be held under the 2025 map would cause them the irreparable harm of being "forced to vote under a racially discriminatory map that violates their constitutional rights." NAACP Resp. 26; MALC Resp. 38–39; Gonzales Resp. 39–40; LULAC Resp. 27; Brooks Resp. 41. But according to Plaintiffs, the preliminary injunction would not prevent this harm because they allege that the 2021 map is also an unconstitutional racial ge