SCOTUS lets Texas midterm map stand, cementing partisan gerrymandering
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The Supreme Court finalized its December ruling allowing Texas’s mid-decade congressional map to stand, reversing a lower-court block and holding that partisan gerrymandering isn’t reviewable by federal courts, a move that could help Republicans gain seats in the 2026 midterms while related voting-rights challenges continue in court.
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- US supreme court reinstates Texas electoral map favoring Republicans The Guardian
- Supreme Court hands GOP a redistricting win by striking down lower court block on Texas map Fox News
- Texas’ new congressional map can be used, Supreme Court rules The Texas Tribune
- U.S. Supreme Court clears Texas' GOP-favored congressional map Axios
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