Three major devel­op­ments throw­ing a wrench in everyone’s plans for the House

The House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives in the 118th Con­gress has been tur­bu­lent for the past 16 months, with sig­nif­i­cant recent devel­op­ments look­ing to add to the tumult.
As the low­er cham­ber of Con­gress dealt with ear­ly res­ig­na­tions and a bevy of speak­er elec­tions, it looked as though Repub­li­cans would strug­gle to hold on to their major­i­ty next year. But Democ­rats have had their share of frus­trat­ing moments in the minor­i­ty, damp­en­ing expec­ta­tions they could cap­i­tal­ize on the GOP’s strug­gles.
This week, three major devel­op­ments have thrown a wrench in everyone’s plans to con­trol the House.
Louisiana con­gres­sion­al dis­trict map
A pan­el of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Cir­cuit ruled on Tues­day that the new con­gres­sion­al dis­trict map is uncon­sti­tu­tion­al due to being a racial ger­ry­man­der in vio­la­tion of the equal pro­tec­tion clause.
The con­test­ed ma …