Supreme Court allows Alabama to use 2023 congressional map despite racial discrimination findings
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By: Anna Barrett - June 5, 2026 3:00 am
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Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow Alabama to use its 2023 congressional map for an August special primary, reversing a lower court's decision that had repeatedly found the map to be racially discriminatory. The Court stated the lower court had improperly inserted itself into Alabama's electoral process.
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· 3 pulledHere, the District Court interposed itself into Alabama's ongoing efforts to conduct its imminent 2026 congressional elections under maps that its elected representatives selected.
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.
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