Federal judges question Alabama attorneys over plan to use earlier congressional map

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: May 23, 2026

Words: 872

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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BIRMINGHAM — A three-judge panel of the Northern District of Alabama Friday peppered attorneys for Alabama with questions about its attempt to use a 2023 congressional map that the panel declared racially discriminatory.

The judges appeared skeptical of Alabama Solicitor General Barrett Bowdre’s arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais last month, which weakened the Voting Rights Act, created a new standard that required them to reverse their ruling …

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