Samuel Alito is the U.S. Supreme Court justice assigned to handle emergency appeals originating from Texas.
November 21, 2025
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procedural
Circuit justices handle emergency applications from specific states or circuits; Alito is the justice associated with Texas.
By 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority had frequently stayed or blocked lower-court rulings in congressional redistricting cases when those rulings were issued shortly before elections.
November 21, 2025
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judicial-pattern
The Court has intervened in multiple redistricting disputes to avoid changes close to election dates.
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling and returned authority over abortion law to the states.
June 24, 2022
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temporal
Supreme Court ruling altering the federal constitutional protection established by Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court in Allen v. Milligan (2021) used 'disabled' terminology in the context of discussing remedies related to vote dilution and race-based redistricting.
January 01, 2021
high
legal precedent
Notes a Supreme Court usage of disability-related language in a case addressing race-based redistricting.