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The problem:

The question of whether the Texas redistricting violated either the Voting Rights Act or the Constitution has ramifications well beyond the boundaries of that state. The mid-decade redistricting was so successful for the Texas Republicans that if it is upheld, it could well become the norm any time a single party gains control of a state legislature and wants to entrench its power in the state's Congressional delegation.

Supreme Court to Hear Dispute on Texas Redistricting
By LINDA GREENHOUSE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 - The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would decide the validity of the much-disputed Congressional map that Texas Republicans pushed through the State Legislature two years ago in a highly unusual mid-decade redistricting that led to the loss of five Democratic Congressional seats.