The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - November 24, 2025

Starting point is 00:00:00 Howdy folks, today is Monday, November 24th, and you're listening to The Texans Daily Rundown. I'm the Texans assistant editor Rob Lauchess, and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics. First up, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Elito issued an administrative stay of Tuesday's ruling by an El Paso panel of federal judges that rendered the new congressional map, passed by Texas Republicans this summer, unusable for the 26 midterm election. The order restored the new map, pending consideration of the appeal by the state of Texas, and directed the Democratic-aligned parties to submit their response by Monday. On Tuesday, the three-judge panel ruled two to one that the Texas legislature illegally considered race when drawing the new map intended to gain Republicans' five seats in Congress next year.

Starting point is 00:00:57 The ruling drew a particularly pointed dissent from Judge Jerry Smith, the lone dissenter on the panel, who asserted that the motivation behind the redraw was clearly partisan gain, a position that sits outside the jurisdiction of the court. Following that ruling, Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, asking for an administrative stay, which Alito granted. Next, the idea that one cannot fight City Hall may no longer be the case, according to a Federal Appeals Court ruling issued last week, in a long-standing property rights lawsuit against the city of Kima, Texas by a local business owner.

Starting point is 00:01:37 In the opinion from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel unanimously agreed that cities cannot impose additional administrative hurdles before an individual can sue in federal court for alleged violations of constitutional rights. The court also asserted that a taking of property occurs at the time a government, government takes an action that makes the property unusable. The case against Kima began in July 2021, when then building code official and acting fire marshal, Brandon Shoeff, ordered a four-story building housing multiple businesses closed for alleged but unspecified life safety issues, effectively revoking the owner's certificate of occupancy. Head's up, for Black Friday,

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Starting point is 00:03:00 In other news, Governor Greg Abbott officially designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CARE, as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations last week. But now, CARE is suing to block the proclamation's enforcement. Abbott stated that both organizations, quote, support terrorism across the globe and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment, and are, quote, unacceptable. Through this designation, both the Muslim Brotherhood and Care are barred from acquiring land in Texas. The Proclamation also grants the Texas Office of the Attorney General the ability to enforce legal penalties against them for attempting to do so.

Starting point is 00:03:45 Care, along with the Muslim Legal Fund of America, filed a federal lawsuit in response to the Proclamation, with the aim of blocking its implementation. Care, Texas, said in a statement, quote, We are not and will not be intimidated by smear campaigns launched by Israel First politicians like Mr. Abbott. Also, over 3,500 alleged criminal illegal aliens were arrested in Houston by immigration authorities

Starting point is 00:04:12 during the federal government shutdown, including individuals charged with sexual assault of a child or homicide, and nearly two dozen, gang members. Among the 3,593 arrested during the shutdown, which spanned from October 1st to November 12th, were an alleged 13 murderers, 51 child predators, 67 sex offenders, and 23 gang members, per a press release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement published on Tuesday. ICE previously announced a portion of the arrests made in Houston during the government shutdown, 1,505 alleged criminal illegal aid.

Starting point is 00:04:51 over a span of 10 days from October 22nd to October 31st. Last but not least, the Fort Worth Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7 to 1 to appeal the state takeover by the Texas Education Agency at a November 18th board meeting, with Trustee Kevin Lynch casting the sole dissenting vote. According to state law, this appeal will go before a state office of administrative hearings, or S-O-A-H judge, who will issue a decision within 30 days to TEA Commissioner Mike Marath. The Fort Worth ISD website states that, quote,

Starting point is 00:05:28 "...Trustee's powers are suspended during the Board of Manager's tenure. Any SOAH review doesn't pause enforcement." Marath announced the decision to replace Fort Worth ISD's superintendent and board of trustees with a state-appointed Board of Managers on October 23, citing, quote, Chronic Academic Underperformance, and an increase in, quote, multiple-year academically unacceptable campuses. Thanks for listening. To support The Texan, please be sure to visit the Texan.News

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The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - November 24, 2025

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