Two months ago, Trump's lawyers called on the court to uphold a new Republican-friendly election map in Texas, arguing that it was partisan gerrymander, not one driven by race. "Plaintiffs bringing a racial-gerrymander claim have the heavy burden to show that race was the predominant factor motivating" how the map was drawn,

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave California Democrats a week to respond to the California Republican Party’s request to block the new Democrat-drawn congressional district maps from being used in November.

Department of Justice asks Supreme Court to block California's congressional map, alleging the state improperly factored race into redistricting under Proposition 50.

Updated on Jan. 22 at 5:05 p.m. In December, the Supreme Court allowed Texas to use a new congressional map enacted to give Republicans five additional seats in the U.S. […]