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In It to Win It

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Wed Nov 19, 2025, 05:08 PM Nov 2025

UNHINGED! Judge Jerry Smith's dissent in TX redistricting case: "The main winners... are George Soros and Gavin Newsom."

The main winners from Judge Brown’s opinion are George Soros and Gavin Newsom. The obvious losers are the People of Texas and the Rule of Law.

I dissent.




“The main winners … are George Soros.” - the start of the Republican appointed judge’s dissent from the ruling striking down TX’s map as a racial gerrymander.

Leah Litman (@leahlitman.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T20:53:00.845Z


(To be very clear: Neither Soros nor Newsom is in any way a party to this case.)

Link here: electionlawblog.org/wp-content/u...

Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T20:49:15.569Z

I dunno, man, if I began an opinion with a 3+ page "Preliminary Statement" complaining about disrespectful conduct by the other two judges on the panel, I would not immediately follow it up with this:

Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T20:48:36.279Z

"The main winners from Judge Brown’s opinion are George Soros and Gavin Newsom"

OH BOY!

GrandstandFan (@grandstandfan.bsky.social) 2025-11-19T20:40:36.839Z
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UNHINGED! Judge Jerry Smith's dissent in TX redistricting case: "The main winners... are George Soros and Gavin Newsom." (Original Post) In It to Win It Nov 2025 OP
haha, he even refers to the DEMOCRAT PARTY Skittles Nov 2025 #1
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