The Supreme Court has been asked to stop a federal court from
implementing a state redistricting map in Texas that could increase
minority representation in the state Legislature.
The state's attorney general, Greg Abbott, filed the request with the
high court on Monday. The court-drawn map was drafted after minority
groups challenged the original plan passed by the Republican-dominated
state Legislature.
The map drawn by the San Antonio-based federal court could lead to
greater minority representation and give Democrats a chance to add as
many as a dozen seats in the Legislature. Abbott and other Republican
leaders have denied that any of the legislature's redistricting maps
would diminish minority voting power.
The court-ordered map will remain in place until the legal fights are resolved.
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