Just seen on SCOTUSblog:
The Supreme Court, splintering widely, on Wednesday found
an insufficient claim of partisan gerrymandering in the Texas
congressional redistricting. It also rejected a challenge to mid-decade
congressional redistricting. It did not rule on whether all partisan
gerrymander claims are beyond judicial review. The Court is split on that
issue, and the division remains. It found the new District 24 invalid
under the federal Voting Rights Act.
I’m not entirely surprised with the outcome, given the tenor of the
questions when the case was heard. I do take some comfort in hearing that
the SCOTUS hasn’t (yet) completely removed itself from having authority to
block purely partisan gerrymandering… but if Delay’s little game in
Texas wasn’t partisan gerrymandering, nothing is.
I’m looking forward to reading through the actual text of the opinions
once they’re released.