The Supreme Court revived Texas’s congressional map that sparked a mid-decade redistricting war by adding up to five Republican pickup opportunities, paving the way Thursday for it to be used for the midterm elections as litigation proceeds.
Over the dissents of the court’s three liberal justices, the majority said a lower court likely erred when invalidating the map as a likely racial gerrymander. “The District Court improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections,” the unsigned ruling reads.
It is not the high court’s final word, but it enables Texas to move ahead to its March primary under the new map as the state continues its appeal. In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan chastised her colleagues for intervening “based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record.”
Huge win for the GOP and Trump who's desperate when it comes to keeping the House in the second half of his term. Otherwise, if Democrats take back the lower chamber, they'll find any reason to impeach him.
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