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US Supreme Court backs pro-Republican NY congressional district map

The Supreme Court's emergency stay preserves New York's 11th Congressional District boundaries amid claims of racial gerrymandering, impacting a key Republican-held seat in a narrowly divided House.

  • On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay blocking a state-court order to redraw New York's 11th Congressional District, preserving the map for the 2026 midterm elections.
  • A Manhattan state Supreme Court judge ordered a new district map after finding it diluted minority voters; Republicans and the Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court, calling it an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
  • Justice Samuel Alito concurred, calling the state ruling "unadorned racial discrimination" and urging prompt review, while the unsigned majority order drew a sharp dissent from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
  • Timing proved crucial, since qualifying began last week and the candidate filing deadline April 6 narrows the window to implement the map as Republicans seek to influence control of the narrowly divided U.S. House.
  • The ruling comes amid a broader mid-decade redistricting fight after California and Texas decisions, with critics warning the U.S. Supreme Court’s intervention breaks its hands-off practice and may spur more emergency appeals.
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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Monday, March 2, 2026.
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