And, in more OF COURSE HE F*CKING DID news, Alito "temporarily restores GOP-backed Texas map"

[Miles Archer]

Alito on Friday temporarily reinstated Texas’s GOP-favored congressional map, a move that delivers a significant advantage to Republicans as the midterm election filing deadline in the Lone Star State approaches, according to media reports.

The decision from the George W. Bush-appointed justice allows Texas to use the new district boundaries for the upcoming election while the legal challenge continues, Axios reported. The injunction, initially imposed by a three-judge federal panel earlier this week, had halted the use of the map. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials quickly appealed the injunction to the Supreme Court.

Alito’s order, which Axios noted Friday is not a ruling on the merits of the case, pauses the injunction and gives the plaintiffs until Monday to respond. Candidates, meanwhile, now have until December 8 to submit their filings for U.S. House seats.

The Republicans’ majority in the lower chamber could hinge on the outcome in Texas's elections, as the notoriously red state that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election bowed to pressure from the MAGA leader and carved out five additional GOP-leaning seats this year.

https://www.rawstory.com/texas-redistricting-2674333019/

[johnnyfins]

1. Must have been his wife.

You know she is screaming non-stop EVERY DAY about how they aren't as wealthy as they should be.

Corrupt assholes.

[RockRaven]

2. This case was always going to end up in front of SCOTUS, and I never understood

the exultation that some expressed when the last decision came down. Why would anyone expect the Roberts Court to let that decision stand, based on their prior behavior?

[Miles Archer]

3. Oh, trust me, I held back on that crap. Wasn't easy, but in the back of my mind, I expected this exact development

I don't know what it's going to take in order to get to a Democrat in the White House and Democrats in control of both chambers of Congress, but THE SECOND WE GET THERE, Supreme Court reform needs to shoot to the TOP of the priorities list.

[StoolPigeon]

4. I smell another luxury vacation coming