The Supreme Court reinstated Texas’s redrawn congressional map Monday, resulting in a huge win for Republicans, which could help them keep control of Congress.
The map was originallyredrawnin August 2025 at the behest of President Donald Trump to add up to five additional House seats for the GOP as they head into a critical midterm election cycle this November.
It was instantly met with legal challenges, with a lower court issuing an injunction blocking the new map.
In December, the Supreme Courtstepped inand issued a stay, keeping the map in place until a final ruling could be issued.
The justices initially faulted the lower court for committing “serious errors,” the main one being that it “failed to honor the presumption of legislative good faith by constructing ambiguous direct and circumstantial evidence against the legislature.”
Monday’s 6-3 vote reversing the lower court ruling fell along ideological lines, with the conservative justices ruling in the state’s favor, and the three liberal justices dissenting,accordingto Reuters.
🚨 In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court reversed a ruling that struck down the new Texas congressional map as a racial gerrymander, citing its December stay of that ruling.pic.twitter.com/n36tocZHnM
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire)April 27, 2026
This news comes just days after Virginia Democrats wereslapped with an injunctionfor trying to redraw their state’s congressional districts to offset potential Republican gains.
Virginia Democrats currently hold a 6-5 seat edge, but redrew their districts to form an 11-1 advantage. Liberal lawmakers relied on state voters to amend the constitution so they could make the change.
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