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The Supreme Court vote was 6-3 along the usual lines, with the conservatives in the majority and the three liberals in dissent.

Texas lawmakers had said they acted out of partisan motives, not racial ones.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for Texas and its GOP leaders on Thursday, clearing the way for the state to use a new election map in 2026 that is expected to send five more Republicans to Congress.

The justices set aside, for now, a 2-1 ruling by district judges who called the state’s map a racial gerrymander. Thursday’s vote was 6-3 along the usual lines, with the conservatives in the majority and the three liberals in dissent.

The court’s five-paragraph order sa

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