Overview
- The justices overturned a federal district court that had blocked the 2025 plan after finding significant evidence it was drawn on racial grounds.
- The conservative majority said the lower court wrongly intruded on state-run elections, and Justice Elena Kagan wrote a dissent for the three liberals.
- The map could deliver up to five additional Republican seats in the November 2026 midterms, according to coverage citing independent estimates.
- The ruling is a provisional order that leaves the broader case active but allows Texas to use the new districts for upcoming contests.
- President Donald Trump pressed Texas Republicans to pursue the redraw, Governor Greg Abbott praised the decision, and Democrats advanced a California referendum to add up to five seats that Republicans and the Justice Department are contesting in court.