Supreme Court Map Ruling, Tom Homan’s UTEP Visit Draw Sharp Reactions in El Paso

Supreme Court map ruling, Tom Homan’s UTEP visit draw sharp reactions in El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Democratic and Republican leaders in El Paso are reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision to leave Texas’s new congressional maps in place for now. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, who was back in El Paso on Monday, said she had heard the court would not make a final ruling on the maps until after Thanksgiving. As ABC-7 first reported Friday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito blocked a lower court ruling that had prevent…

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Suspends Ruling That Exposed ‘Racially Gerrymandered’ Map, Giving GOP One More Shot to Grab Five Seats

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily paused a lower court ruling barring the use of a new voting map approved by Texas legislators in August that could add five more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives. His order gave the challengers to the state’s new map, including several civil rights groups, until Monday to respond to Texas officials’ emergency request earlier on Friday to revive the map, and also provid…

Samuel Alito's order on Texas election map challenged at Supreme Court

Alito issued the emergency order in his capacity as the justice who handles urgent appeals from Texas, saying the map could remain.