Alabama appeals congressional map ruling to US Supreme Court

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: May 27, 2026

Words: 1,619

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Alabama officials Wednesday filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to block a lower court’s order requiring the state to use a court-ordered congressional map in the 2026 midterm elections.

The filing came a day after a three-judge panel upheld a previous ruling that a congressional map passed by the Legislature in 2023 was intentionally racially discriminatory, and unconstitutional under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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