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US Supreme Court reinstates Republican-favoured Texas electoral map ...
The reinstated map, backed by President Donald Trump, could flip key districts to Republicans.The US Supreme Court has formally reinstated a redrawn Texas electoral map expected to boost Republican representation in the US House of Representatives, as President Donald Trump’s party seeks to maintain control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.The ruling, issued on Monday, split along ideological lines, with the court’s six conservative justices in the majority and the three liberal justices dissenting.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Democrats up in Virginia, but US voters may pay price for redistricting warlist 2 of 3Trump calls Virginia election ‘rigged’ after redistricting referendumlist 3 of 3Virginia redistricting election results: Key takeaways from Democrats’ winend of listThe map – sought by Trump, approved by the Republican-led state legislature in August 2025, and signed by Governor Greg Abbott – could flip up to five Democratic Party-held House seats to Republicans.The Supreme Court’s ruling overturned a lower court decision that had blocked the map’s use after finding it was likely racially discriminatory and in violation of constitutional protections.Trump had urged Republican lawmakers last year to redraw congressional maps to strengthen the party’s position ahead of the November midterms, a push that has since evolved into a broader nationwide battle over redistricting.Civil rights advocates sharply criticised the decision, arguing that the redistricting weakens the political influence of racial minorities.“This was an intentional effort to limit the power of Black people and other people of colour,” Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said on Monday.“This ruling does not erase the facts. Texas dismantled majority-minority congressional districts after the Trump administration urged the state to do exactly that.“The result is a rigged map that limits the power of voters of colour in a state with a long record of voter suppression,” he added.Florida proposal escalates redistricting battleThe fight over electoral maps is playing out beyond Texas.In Florida, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday proposed a new congressional map aimed at flipping four Democratic-held House seats in the midterm elections.It remains unclear whether the proposal has enough support in the Republican-controlled legislature to pass. DeSantis has called a special session starting T...
US supreme court reinstates Texas electoral map favoring Republicans ...
The US supreme court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as 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 US House districts in Texas.The reinstated map – sought by Trump, approved in August 2025 by the Republican-led state legislature and signed by the Republican governor, Greg Abbott – could flip as many as five currently Democratic-held US House seats to Republicans.As they did in December, the court’s three liberal justices dissented from Monday’s ruling.The supreme court reversed a lower court’s decision that had blocked Texas from using the map. The lower court had found the map likely to be racially discriminatory in violation of US constitutional protections. Trump last year prodded Republican lawmakers to redraw state congressional maps to bolster his party’s chances in the midterms.The supreme court in February allowed California to use a new electoral map designed to give Democrats five more congressional seats after that Democratic-led state redrew its House districts in response to the action by Republicans in Texas.Republicans currently hold slim majorities in both chambers of Congress. Ceding control of either the House or Senate to the Democrats in the upcoming elections would endanger Trump’s legislative agenda and open the door to Democratic-led congressional investigations targeting the president.The process of redrawing maps, known as redistricting, generally occurs once a decade to reflect population changes as measured by the national census conducted every 10 years. Ongoing and recently completed redistricting efforts by Republican- and Democratic-held state legislatures, on the other hand, have been motivated by a desire for partisan advantage.
US Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Electoral Map Favoring Republicans
The supreme court in February allowed California to use a new electoral map designed to give Democrats five more congressional seats after that Democratic-led state redrew its House districts in response to the action by Republicans in Texas. Republicans currently hold slim majorities in both chambers of Congress.
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas' congressional map - Chron
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling, clearing the way for the state to use redrawn maps that favor the Republican Party.
