Supreme Court blocks New York from redrawing 11th District, preserving GOP advantage.

America. The Supreme Court upheld the current boundaries for the 2026 elections by blocking a New York state court's order to redraw the state's 11th Congressional District. A lower court decision that found the district diluted the voting power of Black and Latino residents was overturned by the conservative majority's decision. The state court's action, according to Justice Samuel Alito, amounted to racial gerrymandering. In their dissent, the three liberal justices cautioned that the action weakens state judicial authority. Concerns regarding the future of voting rights protections are raised by the decision, which favors Republican Representative Nicole Malliotakis and is a part of a larger trend of the Court getting involved in redistricting disputes in Texas, California, and Louisiana.