Alabama asks U.S. Supreme Court to block court-ordered congressional map for 2026 elections
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By: Anna Barrett - May 29, 2026 3:00 am
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Summary
Alabama officials filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block a lower court's order requiring the state to use a court-ordered congressional map in the 2026 midterm elections. The filing follows a three-judge panel's ruling that a 2023 congressional map passed by the Alabama Legislature was intentionally racially discriminatory and unconstitutional under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall represents Secretary of State Wes Allen in the application.
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The filing came a day after a three-judge panel upheld a previous ruling that a congressional map passed by the Legislature in 2023 was intentionally racially discriminatory, and unconstitutional under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
In the 36-page application, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who represents Secretary of State Wes Allen...
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