For the second time in less than a month, the U.S. Supreme Court has stepped in to halt a lower court blockade against Alabama’s preferred congressional map.
The latest incident came Tuesday evening when the high court issued a per curiam opinion effectively greenlighting the Yellowhammer State’s ability to use its 2023 map — which includes a single majority-minority district — in the upcoming 2026 midterms. The ruling was 6-3, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting.
