The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) sided with Texas, upholding its redistricting Monday.
The six-to-three decision ruled in favor of reversing the District Court’s judgment, according to the orders of the court issued through its controversial shadow docket.
The now-reversed District Court’s judgment sided with the plaintiff, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), that Texas’ 2025 congressional map, enacted mid-decade in August 2025, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. (RELATED: Social Media Posts And A Spanish Campaign Ad Expose John Cornyn’s History Of Support For Amnesty)
The case was appealed to SCOTUS, which made its decision “for the reasons” described in SCOTUS’ response to a December application for a stay.
The court’s preliminary evaluation then determined that Texas satisfied the traditional criteria for interim relief, citing two serious errors of the District Court, and because the “trial court base[d] its findings upon a mistaken impression of applicable legal principles.”
AUSTIN, TEXAS – AUGUST 06: A person, who declined to be named, views a U.S. Congressional District map as the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets to hear invited testimony on Congressional plan C2308 at the Texas State Capitol on August 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The Court also said that federal judges should refrain from changing election rules this close to an election, as it may spark confusion in already active campaigns.
The Supreme Court also said in December that this decision is made in the context of the upcoming 2026 midterm elections and follows the decision of several other states that had redrawn their congressional districts “in ways that are predicted to favor the state’s dominant political party,” including California, North Carolina, and more.
The decision is expected to gain Republicans five additional seats within the House of Representatives, according to The Texas Tribune.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson dissented from the court’s Monday decision.
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