The Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed a lower court ruling that found Texas’ new congressional map was likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, pointing to the high court’s unsigned order last year allowing the map to go into effect.
Monday’s one-paragraph order cements a new GOP-drawn congressional map for the Lone Star State targeting five House seats currently held by Democrats. The order noted that the court’s three Democratic appointees dissented from the decision, but none wrote separately.
The Texas redistricting effort last summer, started at the urging of President Donald Trump, touched off a nationwide mid-decade push to redraw congressional maps. States such as California, Virginia and Missouri have all kicked off partisan redistricting efforts, and Florida could follow suit in the coming weeks.
