Supreme Court lets Alabama use House map that favors GOP in midterms
The unsigned order pauses a lower court block and leaves one majority-Black district in place, a shift that could aid Republicans in November.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use a congressional map previously struck down for intentional discrimination, enabling the state to implement gerrymandered districts favoring Republicans in this year's midterm elections.
- Alabama's government sought to replace its current map—which features two majority-Black districts—with the controversial plan following the April Callais decision, despite having previously defied court orders on racial discrimination.
- In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned the ruling "inflicts two grave harms on the public," noting that 600,000 registered voters across three split counties face disruption as officials reassign districts.
- Alabama Republican Governor Kay Ivey celebrated the decision as a win, while Representative Terri Sewell condemned it as a "pattern of outrageous Supreme Court decisions" and Representative Shomari Figures warned it effectively ends Voting Rights Act protections.
- The ruling effectively eliminates use of the VRA and the Fourteenth Amendment to protect minority voters, establishing a precedent that makes challenging maps for diluting or discriminating against minority votes nearly impossible going forward.
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Supreme Court Allows Alabama To Use Map Previously Deemed Racist, And It Sets A Troubling Precedent
Weeks after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, the fallout of that decision continues to be felt as Republican-controlled states quickly eliminate predominantly Black voting districts. Now, the Supreme Court has issued another ruling in an Alabama case that allows the state to implement a congressional map that was already ruled to be racially biased against Black voters. In doing so, the court has all but eliminated the ability of …
Supreme Court Stops Race-Based Map — Republicans Keep the Seat
Supreme Court just green-lit Alabama’s congressional map that boosts Republican odds and reins in a lower-court push to re-engineer districts by race. Story Snapshot Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use its 2023 map with one majority-Black district [1]. Order halts a lower-court directive that would have forced two largely Black districts [4]. Decision affects near-term elections and likely preserves a Republican seat advantage [3]. Dissent on …
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SCOTUS Allows Alabama to Use Voting Map Ruled Discriminatory by Lower Court
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. Source
New SCOTUS Ruling Is Pure Vindication for GOP - Patriot Newsfeed
The Supreme Court handed Alabama Republicans a significant victory Tuesday, clearing the way for the state to use a congressional map that could reshape the political landscape ahead of the November midterm elections and potentially boost Republican representation in Congress. In an emergency order, the justices allowed Alabama to proceed with a congressional map adopted by the Republican-controlled legislature in 2023. The map includes a single…
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