Ruling that Republicans redrew the Texas congressional map to intentionally discriminate against Latino and black voters, a federal court panel invalidated three districts, including one in Travis County, in an order issued late Friday.

However, in voiding the districts, drawn by the Texas Legislature in 2011, the San Antonio-based panel did not mandate or discuss any remedies to correct the problems.

But the long-awaited ruling has the potential to create more districts with larger populations of Latino voters, "and probably more Democratic districts, which would be good for Democrats in Texas, and also nationally," said Michael Li, redistricting counsel at the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.

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