Pas à Pas de Callais: SCOTUS Okays Alabama Congressional Map
The Supreme Court has allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that favors Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. This decision comes despite a lower court's finding that the map intentionally discriminated against Black voters. The ruling reinstates a map drawn after the 2020 census, which includes only one majority-Black congressional district out of seven.
- ▪The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision permits Alabama to utilize a congressional map that is advantageous to Republicans.
- ▪A lower court had previously ruled that the map discriminated against Black voters by only providing one majority-Black district.
- ▪The ruling is expected to impact the Republican seat count in the upcoming midterm elections.
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Pas à Pas de Callais: SCOTUS Okays Alabama Congressional Map Ed Morrissey 4:00 PM | June 03, 2026 AP Photo/Eric Gay It's game on again in Alabama for a new congressional map after a Supreme Court intervention. This time, the state didn't pass a brand-new map, but instead reinstated the map they designed after the 2020 census and reapportionment. That matters for the sequence of events that took place in federal courts this week, including last night at the Supreme Court. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); The upshot of this per curiam 6-3 decision will be that Republicans will likely pick up a seat in the midterms.
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