"Driving the news: On Tuesday night, Texas filed its final response for why its new map, drafted at President Trump's urging to give the GOP five new seats, should survive. Justice Samuel A. Alito temporarily reinstated Texas' GOP-favored congressional map last week, after a district court tossed it. Since then, briefs have been flooding the court, from the actual parties to outside interest groups to the state of Missouri."
"Zoom out: A Supreme Court decision on the Texas case, Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens, will provide some clues for how the court might respond to a flurry of mid-cycle redistricting efforts. Lawsuits are anticipated from California to North Carolina. The court's more consequential ruling - testing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the future of minority-majority districts - is expected by next June when the court rules on Louisiana v. Callais."
Texas filed a final response defending a new congressional map crafted to add five GOP seats after President Trump's urging. Justice Alito temporarily reinstated the map following a district court rejection, prompting a flood of briefs from parties and outside groups. The Supreme Court's ruling in Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens will shape responses to mid-cycle redistricting and influence anticipated lawsuits nationwide. A separate upcoming ruling in Louisiana v. Callais will test Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and could alter minority-majority districts, potentially reshaping future congressional maps and representation.
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