Overview
- The decision lifts a lower-court injunction and authorizes Texas to use the new congressional districts.
- Reporting indicates the configuration could yield up to five additional Republican seats in the U.S. House in 2026.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott celebrated the ruling on X, and state official Pam Bondi also welcomed the outcome.
- Three liberal justices dissented, arguing the map unconstitutionally assigns voters to districts based on ethnicity.
- Black and Latino organizations denounced the redistricting as discriminatory, and California's newly redrawn map is reported to potentially add five Democratic seats.