[george wythe]

It seems that Republicans won most of the meat of the case:

On a different issue, the court ruled that state legislators may draw new maps as often as they like - not just once a decade as Texas Democrats claimed. That means Democratic and Republican state lawmakers can push through new maps anytime there is a power shift at a state capital.

The Constitution says states must adjust their congressional district lines every 10 years to account for population shifts. In Texas the boundaries were redrawn twice after the 2000 census, first by a court, then by state lawmakers in a second round promoted by DeLay after Republicans took control.

That was acceptable, justices said.

[rahbert]

Its probably a blessing that the SC danced around this as
lightly as they did, leaving no precedent for a future court to go interventionist on us and mandate all sorts
of "adjustments". Leaving this in the Legislative branch
is the best possible outcome.

[AmishDude]

In Texas the boundaries were redrawn twice after the 2000 census, first by a court, then by state lawmakers in a second round promoted by DeLay after Republicans took control.

And the whole idea that this was a "second" redistricting was stupid. STUPID. The legislature couldn't come to a decision so it was decided by a (I believe federal) court. The court (STUPIDly) just modified a heavily gerrymandered map that was in favor of Democrats.

I agree that maps should only be changed once, but anytime a court does the legislatures work, that doesn't count.