Overview
- Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary stay that restores Texas’ GOP-drawn congressional districts and allows election preparations to continue.
- Opponents of the map were given until Monday to respond to the stay order.
- The stay follows a 2–1 ruling by a three-judge federal panel that challengers are likely to prove the map is a racial gerrymander.
- Civil-rights groups led by LULAC filed the suit challenging the map that Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law on Aug. 29.
- Reporting indicates the plan could add roughly five Republican U.S. House seats in 2026, raising the stakes of the pending Supreme Court decision.