US Supreme Court gives green light to new Texas congressional districts for 2026 | Eastern NC Now

The US Supreme Court has dissolved a district court injunction and allowed the 2026 election to proceed based on the new districts drawn by the Texas legislature in a mid-term redistricting.  The new districts will end five racially gerrymandered Democrat distircts.

The Texas redistricting was a result of a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down a presumed requirement to draw majority minority districts anywhere they could be drawn based on using a combination of minorities.  It required some creative gerrymandering to create such districts which then tended to be Democrat safe seats.  Freed by the courts of this requirement, Texas eliminated that gerrymander and redrew its districts based on normal standards of compactness.  The Democrat howled about losing their safe seats and set off on a national bout of retaliation.

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-approves-texass-congressional-map-redraw

Another case expected to be decided soon by the US Supreme Court is expected to strike down ALL racially based redistricting, which could upend about 20 safe Democrat seats in the South.  Several states have already put the machinery in motion to redistrict once freed of the requirement to racially gerrymander for one race.