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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,645 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 02:27 PM Yesterday

US Supreme Court formally reinstates pro-Republican Texas voting map

Source: Reuters

By John Kruzel

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to ‌add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, as President ‌Donald Trump's party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections.

The move by ​the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, formalizes an interim decision it made in December to revive the map of U.S. House districts in Texas.

The reinstated map - sought by Trump, approved in August 2025 by the Republican-led state legislature and ‌signed by Republican Governor Greg ⁠Abbott - could flip as many as five currently Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republicans.

As they did in December, the court's three ⁠liberal justices dissented from Monday's ruling.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-supreme-court-formally-reinstates-141608295.html

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US Supreme Court formally reinstates pro-Republican Texas voting map (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP
Good news probably SSJVegeta Yesterday #1
John Roberts is the enemy. DURHAM D Yesterday #2
Don't forget his spouse wolfie001 7 hrs ago #10
So that seems like a precedent that the redistricting in Virginia must be allowed too muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #3
The SCOTUS has basically upheld state gerrymandering BumRushDaShow Yesterday #4
And California and Virginia voted for it. Texas did not. LiberalLovinLug 23 hrs ago #6
HA BWdem4life 22 hrs ago #9
Precedent? HA BWdem4life 22 hrs ago #8
From what I understand GenThePerservering Yesterday #5
Operation "Petard Self Hoist" back in play... nt Shipwack 22 hrs ago #7

muriel_volestrangler

(106,437 posts)
3. So that seems like a precedent that the redistricting in Virginia must be allowed too
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 02:34 PM
Yesterday

I'm sure Alito and Thomas wouldn't see it that way (after all, the WP editorial board laid out the official "It's OK If You're A Republican" line), but others might like to seem to be consistent with a majority ruling in the same year.

BumRushDaShow

(171,204 posts)
4. The SCOTUS has basically upheld state gerrymandering
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 02:50 PM
Yesterday

with the one exception that they will decide this term that is related to Sect. 2 of Voting Rights Act, which forbids minority dilution when drawing districts (Louisiana v. Callais). That case will give John Roberts the opportunity to completely destroy what is left of the VRA after he gutted other key parts in 2013.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,723 posts)
6. And California and Virginia voted for it. Texas did not.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 03:31 PM
23 hrs ago

It should have been rejected just by that alone.

And it surely will protect the California and Virginia legislation.

BWdem4life

(3,041 posts)
8. Precedent? HA
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 04:23 PM
22 hrs ago

There is no such thing anymore. The entire makeup of this court is a direct result of ignoring precedent, creating a new precedent, then ignoring that one as well. They flat out said in advance that they would, too. Then Roe v Wade is overturned and you think this court will care about precedent, even if it just set that precedent itself? No, they'll come up with a reason that VA and CA are different from TX. In fact, it's probably been drafted already.

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