Alabama asks Supreme Court to unblock GOP-friendly congressional map
Alabama has filed emergency petitions with the Supreme Court to lift a block on a new congressional map that could benefit the GOP in the 2026 elections. The state argues that the lower court's ruling contradicts the Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais regarding racial gerrymandering. A ruling from the Supreme Court on these petitions is expected to impact the upcoming House primaries and the political landscape in Alabama.
- ▪Alabama is seeking to overturn a lower court's block on a congressional map that may help the GOP.
- ▪The Supreme Court previously ruled that the map was not an unlawful racial gerrymander.
- ▪Alabama officials argue that the district court's ruling contradicts the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
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Alabama filed a pair of emergency petitions to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, urging it to lift a lower court’s block of a new congressional map that could help the GOP flip a Democratic seat in the 2026 elections. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court tossed a three-judge panel’s previous finding that the map was the result of an unlawful racial gerrymander, asking the panel to reconsider the case in light of the justices’ ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which significantly raised the legal bar for proving claims of intentional racial discrimination when drawing congressional maps. The three-judge panel came to the same conclusion as it did in its previous ruling on Tuesday, and Alabama Solicitor General A.
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