The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a new congressional district map in next year's midterm election that was drawn to maximize Republican political power.

Granting an emergency application filed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the conservative majority paused a lower court ruling that said the map was unlawful because Republican lawmakers, at the direction of the Trump administration, explicitly considered race when drawing new districts.

The unsigned order said that Texas is "likely to succeed on the merits of its claim," including that the lower court "failed to honor the presumption of legislative good faith" when assessing the state legislature's motives.

The ruling appeared to be 6-3, with the three liberal justices dissenting.

The map was drawn with the aim of adding

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