US EditionSupreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
Justice Alito's stay reinstates Texas' congressional map for the 2026 election, allowing GOP to pursue five additional House seats while the Supreme Court reviews racial gerrymandering claims.
- The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas's new congressional map likely to be a racial gerrymander, keeping the map in effect for now.
- State lawyers requested an emergency stay to maintain the congressional redistricting plan from 2021, which could potentially add five House seats for Republicans.
- Texas's congressional redistricting plan was favored for the upcoming elections despite concerns of racial discrimination.
- The Supreme Court's final decision may significantly influence the upcoming midterm elections in Texas.
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Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas’ new congressional map
Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas TribuneNovember 21, 2025 Texas is back to using its 2025 congressional map, at least temporarily, after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted the state’s request to pause a court ruling that would have required using the lines legislators drew in 2021. The high court has not yet decided what map Texas […]
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map likely is racially biased
WASHINGTON — 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. Read more...
Alito temporarily reinstates Texas’ Trump-requested maps
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily restored a controversial Trump-backed Texas redistricting plan that could grant Republicans an extra five seats in the House of Representatives.Alito’s order came in response to a ruling from a federal court in Texas on Tuesday, which blocked the redrawn congressional maps on the basis that they were “racially gerrymandered.”“It is ordered that the November 18, 2025 order of the United Sta…
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