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.
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SSJVegeta
(2,934 posts)Probably a huge dummymander
DURHAM D
(33,078 posts)wolfie001
(7,864 posts)They worked as a team of evil for republiCONs.
muriel_volestrangler
(106,437 posts)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)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)It should have been rejected just by that alone.
And it surely will protect the California and Virginia legislation.
BWdem4life
(3,041 posts)surely. LOFINGL
BWdem4life
(3,041 posts)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.
GenThePerservering
(3,575 posts)this redistricting may not do what they wanted it to do.