Supreme Court Restores Texas Voting Map For Now: The Brief

FEDERAL COURT proceedings grew fractious this week amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the legal system to advantage Republicans in next year’s make-or-break midterm elections—efforts that will continue into coming weeks in California and at the Supreme Court.

• US courts are weighing the redrawing of congressional districts as Republicans, spurred on by Trump, have mounted a rare, mid-decade redistricting spree to create more GOP-friendly seats. That effort almost backfired this week, but the Supreme Court on Friday night stepped in to temporarily restore the Texas congressional map, after a divided three-judge court on Tuesday blocked the new districts, Greg ...