In a legal battle over the constitutionality of Texas' newly gerrymandered U.S. House district map, Gov. Greg Abbott has discovered an unlikely ally as he seeks to push the state's congressional delegation further to the right — a metaphorical robot chef.

In a 15-page motion filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the state is seeking to strike a report submitted by an expert for the plaintiffs purporting to show that the map Texas adopted earlier this year "is an extreme outlier that relies heavily on race in drawing certain Hispanic and Black CVAP [Citizen Voting Age Population] majority districts."

Plaintiffs in the case, which was first filed in 2021 and amended multiple times since the state legislature passed the new U.S. House district map, alleg

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