Federal appeals court allows Alabama to use 2021 state Senate map

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: May 29, 2026

Words: 1,331

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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A three-judge panel of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday evening allowed Alabama to use a 2021 State Senate map that a lower court judge had ruled racially discriminatory against Black voters in two Montgomery-area districts.

U.S. Circuit Judges Elizabeth Branch and Robert Luck – appointed by President Donald Trump – said that the state is entitled to a stay in the state Senate case because the case aligns more closely with the …

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