Texas' rigged map hits the rocks

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9. I see this part:

Since this is a redistricting case, it is a bit weird in terms of how it is handled. Where federal district court cases are usually presided over by a single judge, redistricting cases are heard in the lower court but with a panel of three judges. Any appeal goes directly to the Supreme Court, which is where this will inevitably end up

Still news to me that this is how cases like this are heard, never knew.