Supreme Court allows Texas to use GOP-friendly congressional map

The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to move forward with a new congressional map in next year’s election. In a legal victory for the Trump administration, justices on the high court allowed the redistricting plan, despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the basis of race. The map is favorable to Republicans and was pushed by President Trump. The Supreme Court’s order puts the lower-court ruling blocking the map on hold at least until after the high court issues a final decision in the case.