The Supreme Court issued a temporary order late Friday allowing Texas to use its newly redrawn congressional voting map, which favors Republicans, for the 2026 midterm elections.

This decision blocks a lower-court ruling that previously prohibited Texas from using the new map.

The big picture: Justice Samuel Alito, responsible for emergency applications from the region, issued the administrative stay; this is a preliminary measure giving the full court time to consider the matter more thoroughly. • The Texas attorney general filed an emergency application earlier in the evening, asking the justices to let the state use the new map. • Alito instructed civil rights groups challenging the map to respond by Monday at 5 p.m., indicating the case would be considered quickly.

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