At the end of the day, redistricting is a political issue. Even with the most impartial group you could find, politicians ultimately get to vote on it. Elections do matter and do have consequences.
Texas’ Congressional and state legislative district maps have been bouncing around the federal court system for months. Tuesday, the Supreme Court blocked an order from the lower court that required new maps redrawn.
Redrawing maps would create new districts and ultimately favor Democrats in upcoming elections.
At the heart of the district maps battle are allegations that maps drawn after the 2010 census were essentially racist and thus unconstitutional and contradictory to the Voting Rights Act. Read more here.