Alabama’s congressional redistricting has sparked a fresh round of passionate debate following a May 2026 order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, which cleared a path for the state to implement its 2023 legislatively approved map. The highest court in the land ruled to vacate lower-court rulings that blocked the map and directed it undergo further review in light of its recent decision in a case from Louisiana.
That case narrowed down the application of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which concerns the issue of drawing congressional district lines based on race. The 2023 map in Alabama features only one district that is a majority-black voting-age population, compared with two such districts required by court orders after a ruling in the 2023 Allen v. Milligan ruling, which blocked the map.
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