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#SCOTUS on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found #Texas’ 2026 congressional #redistricting plan pushed by #Trump likely discriminates on the basis of #race.

The order signed by Justice #Alito will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map favorable to #Republicans to be used in the midterm #elections.

#law #gerrymandering #rigged #midterms #VotingRights #VoterSuppression
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#SCOTUS#conservative majority has blocked similar lower court rulings because they have come too close to elections.

The order came about an hour after the state called on SCOTUS to intervene to avoid “confusion” as congressional primary #elections approach in March. The justices have blocked past lower-court rulings in congressional #redistricting cases, most recently in Alabama & Louisiana, that came several months before elections.

#law #Trump #gerrymandering #ActivistCourt #VotingRights

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@Nonilex In this case the order comes as the court is about to release a ruling in another case that is very related.

There's a good chance the LA redistricting case would impact this one, so they might hold this one until that ruling is handed down.

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