Supreme Court Temporarily Reinstates Texas Map – Will Remain In Place While Supreme Court Considers Appeal
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Texas is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling against its newly-drawn congressional map.
Texas officials are asking the Supreme Court for an urgent ruling to revive the state’s newly-drawn congressional map expected to net five additional Republican seats.
The emergency appeal filed Friday evening asks the high court to put a hold on a lower court’s decision Tuesday that found racial considerations likely unconstitutionally tinged the new map.
Texas’ petition formally asks the justices to weigh in on a matter that could determine control of the House in next year’s midterm elections. A ruling by the high court to restore Texas’ new map would make Democrats’ path to retaking the majority more difficult. Justice Samuel Alito ordered civil rights groups challenging the new map to respond to Texas’ request by Monday afternoon.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the lawmakers who approved the new map say the lower-court decision came “far too late in the day” — scrapping the new congressional boundaries would wreak havoc on an election that’s already underway, they say.
Texas has already won a short-term victory.
The Texas map has been reinstated while the Supreme Court considers the appeal.
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court IMMEDIATELY OVERTURNS activist judge ruling that struck down Texas’ new Republican-friendly 2026 Congressional map
Justice SAM ALITO issued the order. The map is BACK, for now, while SCOTUS formally considers the appeal.
Great news. Now… pic.twitter.com/llagJPQMZ2
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 22, 2025
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily reinstated Texas’s congressional map that adds up to five GOP pickup opportunities until the high court rules on the state’s emergency appeal.
Alito’s order, known as an administrative stay, does not reflect the underlying merits of the map’s constitutionality.
But it temporarily allows Texas Republicans to keep using their GOP-friendly map as the candidate filing period remains underway.
Alito ordered the map challengers to respond in writing by Monday. The court is expected to issue a ruling afterwards that will determine if the map can be used for the midterms.
