Governing: The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday that it will review lower-court rulings that ordered Texas to redraw 11 political districts found to be discriminatory.
Texas officials appealed the rulings, which said two congressional districts and nine Texas House districts were improperly drawn along racial lines in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Acting on the Texas appeal, a divided court blocked efforts to redraw the maps in September to allow time to consider whether to grant Texas' request to overturn the rulings. On Friday, the court announced that it combined the two appeals and will hear oral arguments this spring.
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