On Thursday (December 4), the Supreme Court allowed Texas Republicans to move forward with next year’s congressional elections under a redistricting map that a federal court said likely discriminates against Black and Latino voters.

According to the AP, the ruling temporarily pauses a lower-court decision that blocked the map and gives the state approval to use it while the legal battle continues.

The order came as Texas begins candidate qualifying for March primaries, and follows an emergency request from the state. Justice Samuel Alito had briefly halted the lower-court ruling earlier this week while the full court reviewed the case. The justices did not issue a written opinion explaining the decision.

The approved map was enacted last summer at the urging of President Donald Trump an

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