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 reinstates Republican-favored Alabama congressional districts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional district map favored by Republicans.The court, in an unsigned order, overturned a three-judge district court panel that found that the map is “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.” The court’s three liberals publicly dissented.The ruling means that Alabama’s 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning o…
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Steps to the United States Supreme Court, Washington DC, America. (joe daniel price/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama Republicans to use a contested 2023 congressional map that a lower court last week called “intentional race-based discrimination” in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution. The move is a significant win for the GOP, allowing the state to eliminate one of two majority-B…
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