Milligan plaintiffs urge SCOTUS to let Alabama use ‘race-blind’ congressional map

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: June 2, 2026

Words: 1,608

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Plaintiffs seeking to maintain Alabama’s current congressional maps on Monday afternoon urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court’s ruling requiring Alabama to use a “race-blind” congressional map for the 2026 elections.

The 54-page brief came after Alabama officials appealed a May 26 ruling by a three-judge panel in the Northern District of Alabama District Court that the Legislature-passed congressional map denied Black Alabamians the chance to elect a candidate of …

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