A former clerk to Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh will face long-odds in convincing his former bosses to uphold a 90-year-old ruling limiting a president’s ability fire top government officials at will.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily paused a lower court ruling barring the use of a new voting map approved by Texas […]

Justice Samuel Alito had earlier granted a temporary stay while the full court reviewed the appeal. The Supreme Court has intervened in similar redistricting disputes in recent years, including in Alabama and Louisiana,

The lower-court ruled it likely discriminates on the basis of race. Republicans gain five additional House seats to preserve a majority. The move touched off a nationwide redistricting battle.

The court ruled in favor of the map, which could flip five Democratically held seats in Congress to Republican control.

The decision marks the latest development in a battle between Republican and Democratic states that seek partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map in next year’s midterm elections that a lower court found racially discriminatory.