The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Texas' newly redrawn congressional maps to stand while an case against them plays out, according to a new order issued on Friday.

Justice Samuel Alito signed an order placing an administrative stay on the order from a lower district court in Texas, which had halted the use of the new maps after finding that state lawmakers likely engaged in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering to create them.

Alito signed the order because he is responsible for addressing emergency appeals from certain states, including Texas.

In a 160-page order earlier this week, a three-judge panel in the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction preventing the state from implementing the map in the 2026 elections. Instead, the court ordered Texas to revert to the c

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