May 15 (UPI) -- The Texas Supreme Court refused to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, from office, despite the efforts of Gov. Greg Abbott after the 2025 redistricting showdown. Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock, who once worked as an Abbott aide , wrote that the courts "have uniformly recognized that it is not their role to resolve disputes between the other two branches that those branches can resolve for themselves." "The courts' institutional 'reluctance ... to involve themselves in contests