Supreme Court allows Alabama to use 2023 congressional map in August special primary

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: June 3, 2026

Words: 1,438

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday evening allowed Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map, reversing a lower court’s ruling that repeatedly deemed the map racially discriminatory.

In an unsigned 6-3 decision on the case known as Allen v. Milligan, the court wrote that the lower court’s map would not be “more convenient” for Alabama than the congressional map the Legislature passed in 2023.

“Here, the District Court interposed itself into Alabama’s ongoing efforts to …

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