US EditionHow the Supreme Court Emboldened Democrats in California and Elsewhere Redrawing US House Maps
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling favors a Republican-drawn Texas map, potentially triggering redistricting battles in California and Virginia ahead of the 2026 midterms.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Texas need not redraw its new legislative map, allowing Republicans a better chance at five additional House seats and staying a lower court injunction.
- Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Texas adopted its map for partisan advantage, prompting California to respond with its own counter-map, while President Donald Trump urged Texas earlier this year to redraw maps for five GOP seats.
- After Rucho v. Common Cause , a federal district court's nearly 200-page ruling found abundant evidence the Texas maps were predicated on race, while the Roberts Court narrowed anti-gerrymandering protections.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom's office and the U.S. Department of Justice sparred online after the ruling, while Virginia state government plans redraws that could give Democrats an edge in 10 of 11 districts, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott said `is not out of the realm`.
- The ruling could embolden states as Republicans hold a paper-thin majority in the House, heightening stakes for redistricting ahead of next year’s midterms.
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Texas Gets a Pass for a Gerrymandering Free-For-All. Will California Be Given the Same?
Hello, it’s the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕️ Is What’s Good for Texas Good for California? The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Texas does not have to redraw its maximal gerrymander, finding that the map is not illegally race-based, and that it’s too close to the election (in 11 months) to require a redraw. The decision, from an unsigned majority plus a concurrence written by Justice Samuel Alito and joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and…
How the Supreme Court’s support of Texas redistricting emboldened Democrats in California and elsewhere
The Supreme Court’s endorsement of how Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map is offering hope to California Democrats as they prepare to defend their map in court this month – and emboldening other states to move ahead.
Supreme Court Vindicates Republicans With Massive Ruling Allowing Texas Redistricting To Move Forward - The American Tribune.com
Republicans received some amazing news on Thursday, as the Supreme Court has decided to allow the great state of Texas to use a brand new congressional map that could hand the GOP five more U.S. House seats during the 2026 midterm election. This critical ruling increases the chances that the Republican Party maintains its majority hold on the House of Representatives, a sharp-witted move put into action by President Donald Trump. The president h…
US Supreme Court Stands by Republicans in Texas Redistricting Dispute
The United States’ highest court has greenlit the redrawing of election maps in Texas, siding with Republicans in a months-long dispute that could decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4 ordered that the state’s efforts to redefine its electoral maps in favor of Republicans were purely partisan and not racially discriminatory, as had been ruled by a lower court. On Nov. …
Supreme Court's Texas map ruling could spark redistricting race
The Supreme Court decision Thursday allowing Texas to use its newest congressional map will intensify the ongoing redistricting arms race, multiple election law experts said. Thursday’s order faulted a 2-1 panel of lower court judges for stepping in on the “eve” of next year’s election to order the Lone Star State to use its prior congressional map from 2021. The lower court had ruled in August against Texas’ new map — finding the state legislat…
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