"The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map favorable to Republicans to be used in the midterm elections."
"Texas redrew its congressional map in the summer as part of Trump's efforts to preserve a slim Republican majority in the House in next year's elections, touching off a nationwide redistricting battle. The new redistricting map was engineered to give Republicans five additional House seats, but a panel of federal judges in El Paso ruled 2-1 Tuesday that the civil rights groups that challenged the map on behalf of Black and Hispanic voters were likely to win their case."
Justice Samuel Alito signed an order temporarily blocking a lower-court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan likely discriminates on the basis of race. The stay will remain in place for at least several days while the Supreme Court considers whether to allow the Republican-favored map to be used in next year’s midterm elections. The conservative majority has previously blocked similar lower-court redistricting rulings when they approached elections. Texas enacted the new map to preserve a slim Republican House majority and add five GOP seats; a federal panel in El Paso found civil-rights challengers likely to prevail. Texas sought intervention to avoid election confusion.
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