The Supreme Court gave its backing to Donald Trump's election plan in Texas, allowing next year's elections to be held under the state congressional redistricting plan favoring the Republican Party and championed by the president, despite a lower court ruling that determined the map likely discriminates on the basis of race.

That plan was temporarily thwarted last month when a divided panel of Three judges blocked Texas from using its redrawn House of Representatives map for the 2026 election cycle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, quickly requested Supreme Court intervention, and Justice Samuel Alito temporarily reinstated the map while the full court considered the request. The justices acted on an emergency request from Texas for swift action because the sorting process in the new districts had already begun, with primary elections in March. The Supreme Court's order suspends the 2-1 ruling that blocked the map, at least until the high court issues a final decision on the case. The Texas congressional map, enacted last summer at Trump's behest, was designed to give Republicans five additional seats in the House of Representatives. The effort aimed to preserve a narrow Republican majority in the House in next year's elections. This sparked a nationwide redistricting battle. Following the ruling, Texas House Democratic Leader Gene Wu stated, “The Supreme Court failed Texas voters today and failed American democracy. This is what the end of the Voting Rights Act looks like: courts that will not protect minority communities, even when the evidence is plain for all to see.”