Overview
- The ruling overturns a federal injunction and authorizes Texas to implement its summer 2025 redistricting plan.
- Three liberal justices dissented, arguing the map assigns voters by ethnicity without sufficient justification.
- Analysts project the plan could yield up to five additional Republican seats in the U.S. House next year.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican officials welcomed the decision, while civil-rights groups condemned it.
- Democratic-led California has redrawn its districts in a counter-move expected to add roughly five Democratic seats.