Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn congressional map for 2026 elections

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The Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had blocked Texas’ redrawn congressional map.
The ruling allows Texas to use the redrawn congressional map in the 2026 elections.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision.
A three-judge lower court panel had previously found plaintiffs were likely to succeed on claims that the map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander or racially discriminatory.
The Supreme Court had already allowed the map to be used temporarily in a prior order, and Monday’s ruling keeps that map in place.
Texas Republicans pursued the mid-decade redistricting effort after President Donald Trump urged the state to redraw the map.
The new map is aimed at five U.S. House seats currently held by Democrats, making the case consequential for control of Texas’ congressional delegation and the U.S. House.
The map was challenged in court by groups including the League of United Latin American Citizens, and the Supreme Court’s ruling ends the lower-court block while leaving the broader dispute over the map’s legality at the center of the case.

The Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had blocked Texas’ redrawn congressional map.
The ruling allows Texas to use the redrawn congressional map in the 2026 elections.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the Supreme Court’s decision.
A three-judge lower court panel had previously found plaintiffs were likely to succeed on claims that the map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander or racially discriminatory.
The Supreme Court had already allowed the map to be used temporarily in a prior order, and Monday’s ruling keeps that map in place.
Texas Republicans pursued the mid-decade redistricting effort after President Donald Trump urged the state to redraw the map.
The new map is aimed at five U.S. House seats currently held by Democrats, making the case consequential for control of Texas’ congressional delegation and the U.S. House.
The map was challenged in court by groups including the League of United Latin American Citizens, and the Supreme Court’s ruling ends the lower-court block while leaving the broader dispute over the map’s legality at the center of the case.