"Supreme Court rulings impact Texas redistricting and voting rights"

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on a redistricting case out of Alabama has left intact a key portion of the federal Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race. This decision is important for ongoing litigation over the political maps Texas drew in 2021, which is built on that provision. The Texas redistricting case is a set of consolidated lawsuits brought by individual Texans, organizations that represent Texans of color, the Texas NAACP, and the U.S. Department of Justice, among others, who claim the Texas Legislature discriminated against voters of color in its 2021 map drawing.