Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026

The Supreme Court connected Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing adjacent year's elections to beryllium held nether the state's legislature redistricting program favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump contempt a lower-court ruling that the representation apt discriminates connected the ground of race.

The justices acted connected an exigency petition from Texas for speedy enactment due to the fact that qualifying successful the caller districts already has begun, with superior elections successful March.

The Supreme Court's bid puts the 2-1 ruling blocking the representation connected clasp astatine slightest until aft the precocious tribunal issues a last determination successful the case. Justice Samuel Alito had antecedently temporarily blocked the bid portion the afloat tribunal considered the Texas appeal.

The justices person blocked past lower-court rulings successful legislature redistricting cases, astir precocious successful Alabama and Louisiana, that came respective months earlier elections.

The Texas legislature representation enacted past summertime astatine Trump's urging was engineered to springiness Republicans 5 further House seats.

The effort to sphere a slim Republican bulk successful the House successful adjacent year's elections touched disconnected a nationwide redistricting battle.