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In California, a federal court is set to hold a hearing this month on whether to block a congressional map that could help Democrats pick up five more U.S.
California voters approved that map to counter the new Texas map that President Trump pushed for to help Republicans win five additional House seats.
Missouri's Republican-friendly map is facing lawsuits and a referendum effort.
New maps may be coming in Florida, Indiana, New York, and Virginia.
And another wave of congressional gerrymandering may be on its way, depending on what and when the Supreme Court decides in a Louisiana case.
During a rare second round of oral arguments for that case in October, the court's conservative majority appeared inclined to weaken the Voting Rights Act's longstanding protections against racial discrimination in redistricting.
In California, a court may soon rule on a Democratic-friendly congressional map voters approved to counter the Texas map President Trump pushed for to help Republicans.
A Republican-friendly Missouri map is facing lawsuits and a referendum effort.
New maps may be coming in Florida, Indiana, New York, and Virginia, and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling in a Louisiana case could spark more redistricting.
This final Supreme Court decision means that next year's midterm election in Texas will be held using a congressional map that could help Republicans pick up five more House seats.
The ruling comes after President Trump pushed Texas and other Republican-led states to draw new voting districts to help the GOP win.
A lower court blocked Texas' redrawn map,
after finding its challengers are likely to prove in a trial that the map violates the Constitution by discriminating against voters based on their race.
That's because multiple top Republican lawmakers made public statements suggesting they passed it to get rid of existing districts where Black and Latino voters together make up the majority.
The congressional gerrymandering fight now continues in other states.
A federal court hearing on California's new map is set for next month.