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Alabama Republicans Ask Supreme Court to Allow New Congressional Map in Redistricting Fight

28 May 2026 at 00:35
Republican leaders in the state have asked the justices to clear the way for a congressional map that a lower court found discriminated against Black voters.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The Supreme Court justices are familiar with the longstanding fight over Alabama’s congressional district map.

Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters

Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district.

© Wes Frazer for The New York Times

People march for voting rights on the famed Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in May.
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