Saturday, November 22, 2025 -The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily paused a lower court’s ruling that blocked Texas’s newly redrawn congressional map, allowing the Republican-friendly map to remain in place for now. Justice Samuel Alito issued the stay, giving the Court time to fully consider Texas’s appeal as primary filing deadlines approach.
The map, approved by the Texas Legislature in 2025, was designed to potentially flip up to five Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republicans. A federal panel had previously ruled that the map was likely a racial gerrymander, noting significant evidence that the district lines may violate constitutional and civil-rights protections.
Texas officials immediately welcomed the Supreme Court’s intervention. Attorney General Ken Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott insisted the map was drawn with partisan, not racial, considerations.
Civil-rights groups, however, argue that the Court must eventually strike the map down, warning that the temporary stay is only the latest step in a high-stakes legal battle ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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