By a cascading series of mix-and-match majorities, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld most of the controversial mid-decade Texas Republican redistricting plan spearheaded by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

The ruling could encourage other states whose legislatures are dominated by one party to break from the long tradition of redistricting only after the census every decade.

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