Anzhi Luang

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 this month.

Anzhi Luang, NPR News.