The Supreme Court found that Texas's 2025 congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act through race-based gerrymandering.

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False. The Supreme Court allowed Texas to use the map, rejecting claims of racial gerrymandering. Justice Samuel Alito ruled that Texas's motivation was "pure and simple" partisan advantage, which the Court has previously ruled is permissible. Alito rejected the lower federal court's finding that Texas engaged in racial gerrymandering. This shows how the Supreme Court's conservative majority reframed the case: the lower court found "substantial evidence" of racial gerrymandering that violated the Voting Rights Act, but the Supreme Court dismissed that evidence and allowed the map to proceed. The ruling reveals judicial power to override voting rights protections by recharacterizing racial discrimination as acceptable partisan strategy.

The Supreme Court found that Texas's 2025 congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act through race-based gerrymandering.

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