The decision has nothing to do with their stated reasons; they are in favor of racism, but don't want to say so

It's obvious bullshit. If anything that logic would uphold the stay.

Dont forget 9 months is too close to an election to approve a supreme court justice nomination, unless the president is Republican and then less than a month is plenty of time

Texas passed their new maps on August 29th. On November 18 the district court ordered them to revert to their previous maps.

Apparently the SC’s Republican cult members think this will be too difficult for Texas?

But wouldn't the opposite be true? Changing the maps too close to the election is a problem. "Keeping them the same too close to the election" makes no sense.

The mask is off.

No no, dont even give it that much dignity. The complainants are not asking to "block the map" too close (11 months) to elections. They are asking that the map not be illicit, unethically changed 5 years early, based off the explicit public request of the President who is not meant to have power over state election matters, with the explicitly stated intent of gerrymandering out more seats for Republicans that they "deserve" than they otherwise would have won, only 15ish months to the elections (which is apparently plenty of time). Their "reasoning" doesn't make sense because it's not reasoning. It's blatant full chested support of voter suppression/disenfranchisement to bolster their party and their autocratic President. They're so full of shit you could smell them talking from the next room over. Fuck those lying, cheating, corrupt, un-American, fascist cunts.

Especially since the maps were drawn up new a month ago. Or should I read more carefully?