US EditionSupreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
The Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling that blocked Texas' GOP-favored map, potentially flipping five Democratic seats to Republicans in the 2026 midterms, civil rights groups say.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas to use a newly drawn congressional map for the 2026 midterm election, issuing an unsigned emergency order pausing a lower three-judge district court's 2-1 ruling.
- Acting at President Donald Trump's urging, Texas lawmakers in a special session redrew 38 districts after a Justice Department letter earlier this year challenged coalition districts.
- Judge Jeffrey Brown wrote that a three-judge district court panel found substantial evidence of racial gerrymandering and ordered Texas to use the 2021 congressional map pending trial.
- Because candidate filing deadline Dec. 8 is imminent, the new map engineered to give Republican congressional candidates in Texas up to five additional U.S. House seats faces a court hearing Dec. 15.
- Building on the Roberts court's 2019 ruling, the conservative justices' shadow docket rulings favoring state maps in roughly 90 percent of cases could prompt nationwide redistricting efforts, especially after Louisiana's congressional map case.
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Supreme Court rules on Texas redistricting maps for 2026 midterms * WorldNetDaily * by Rebecca Downs, The Daily Signal
Source link The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. In a huge win for Republicans that could help keep them in control of the House, the Supreme Court allowed Texas’ GOP-friendly redistricting maps to remain in place for the 2026 midterms. The maps could grant Republicans up to five additional seats in the House of Representatives. Thursday’s ruling,
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Supreme Court Backs Texas Map In Test Of Race, Power And Election Rules
Key Points A 6–3 Supreme Court majority let Texas use a Republican-drawn congressional map for the 2026 elections. The ruling could help Republicans secure up to five more House seats while minority-rights groups cry foul. The case tests how far states can push partisan gerrymanders without crossing the line into illegal racial discrimination. The US […]
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