The case has been widely watched, not just because it could produce an additional Democratic House seat, but because the Fifth Circuit's actions are seen as a challenge to the high court's authority.

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    On Thursday, however, the justices, without explanation or noted dissent, declined to block a highly unusual legal maneuver by the Fifth Circuit that could prevent the creation of a second majority Black district in time for the 2024 election.

    But in a concurrence, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote to "emphasize" that "nothing in our decision not to summarily reverse the Fifth Circuit should be taken to endorse the practice" used by the appeals court to delay the redistricting process "in these or similar circumstances."

    Say what you will about our justice system, at least it always does a good job of explaining itself to us lowly commoners /s