The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Texas to use its newly redrawn congressional map for the 2026 midterms, overturning a lower court ruling that had blocked it and prompting sharp criticism from legal scholar Steve Vladeck, who described the court's latest order as a troubling development.
The ruling concerns a Republican backed map passed by the Texas Legislature last year and signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, with the dispute centring on whether the redraw amounted to unlawful racial gerrymandering.
