Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a court ruling that the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.
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Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a court ruling that the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.
Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to clear the way for a redrawn congressional map that would remove the state’s second majority-Black district and give Republicans a potential pickup opportunity in November. Alabama officials asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a Republican-drawn voting map that would eliminate a majority-Black congressional district and give the GOP a likely pickup in the November midterms. 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 [.. 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.
The Hill reported the story as "Alabama Republicans ask Supreme Court to clear way for congressional map." The New York Times reported the story as "Alabama Republicans Ask Supreme Court to Allow New Congressional Map in Redistricting Fight." Washington Examiner reported the story as "Alabama asks Supreme Court to unblock GOP-friendly congressional map."
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8 sources have covered this story, including Washington Examiner, The New York Times, CBS News and The Hill and 4 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 26 minutes ago.
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