{"id":2600567,"date":"2026-05-08T20:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-for-redrawn-congressional-map\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:57:17","slug":"alabama-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-for-redrawn-congressional-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-for-redrawn-congressional-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow for redrawn congressional map"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falabama-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-for-redrawn-congressional-map%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600567&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alabama officials, led by Attorney General Steve Marshall, filed three emergency petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to allow the state\u2019s 2023 congressional map for the 2026 election and to immediately lift a lower-court injunction.That injunction had required Alabama to create a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-republicans-approve-new-congressional-map-that-they-hope-will-blunt-democratic-gains\/\" title=\"Texas Republicans Approve New Congressional Map That They Hope Will Blunt Democratic Gains\">black-majority district<\/a>, which changed the state\u2019s congressional seat split from 6-1 (Republican-Democrat) under the 2023 map to 5-2 under the court-ordered map.<\/p>\n<p>The filings argue the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lower courts misapplied legal standards<\/a> after the Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision in *Louisiana v. Callais*, which invalidated Louisiana\u2019s court-ordered second black-majority district. Alabama also requested an expedited ruling by May 14 ahead of scheduled May 19 primaries, and the Court asked other parties to respond by Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall said Alabama was penalized for following lawful, race-neutral policy goals and called for the Court to correct that outcome. Separately, Alabama lawmakers passed legislation to delay House primaries if courts permit use of the 2023 map. The article notes other GOP-led states have similarly moved to redraw maps following *Louisiana v. Callais*, and that Democrats faced setbacks in Virginia after a state supreme court blocked an illegally rushed redistricting referendum.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alabama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1172\">Alabama<\/a> officials filed a trio of petitions to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Friday asking the justices to clear the way for the state to implement a redrawn congressional map ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">2026 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The three petitions from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall asked the high court on its emergency docket to allow its 2023 congressional map to take effect and to lift an injunction by a lower court that found the map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The 2023 congressional map included one black-majority district, for a 6-1 Republican-Democrat split of the state\u2019s congressional seats, but a federal court had previously ordered the creation of a second black-majority district, giving the state\u2019s congressional delegation a 5-2 Republican-Democrat split.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4560546\/anti-abortion-groups-urge-supreme-court-maintain-block-mail-order-abortion-pills\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Anti-abortion groups urge Supreme Court to maintain block on mail-order abortion pills<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4560168\/supreme-court-justices-testify-budget-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court justices to testify on Hill about budget for first time since 2019: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4558555\/john-roberts-defends-against-criticism-supreme-court-too-political\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Roberts defends against criticism of Supreme Court as too political<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The filings argue the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-scotus-is-unlikely-to-fix-the-section-230-immunity-mess\/\" title=\"Why The SCOTUS Is Unlikely To Fix The Section 230 Immunity Mess\">lower courts erred<\/a> in forcing the state to draw a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-federal-state-lawsuits-seek-constitutional-clarity-on-racial-gerrymanders\/\" title=\"Federal and state lawsuits aim to clarify constitutionality of &quot;racial gerrymanders.&quot;\">black-majority congressional district<\/a> in light of the high court\u2019s ruling last week in <em>Louisiana v. 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The Supreme Court requested a response from the groups suing the state over the congressional map by Monday at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will continue to fight for Alabama to be able to use the congressional map the people\u2019s elected representatives enacted,\u201d\u00a0Marshall said in a statement Friday. \u201cAlabama drew a map based on lawful policy goals, not race, and the Supreme Court\u2019s recent ruling vindicates that approach. We were punished for doing the right thing, and we are asking the Court to correct that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation this week that would delay the state\u2019s congressional primaries if the officials are permitted to use the 2023 map rather than the current court-ordered map.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama\u2019s request to the Supreme Court comes as various GOP-led states, including Louisiana, Florida, and Tennessee, have rushed to redraw congressional maps after the high court\u2019s April 29 ruling in <em>Louisiana v. Callais<\/em> rewrote the rules on what is needed to prove racial gerrymandering. 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Virginia Democrats have said they <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4561533\/virginia-democrats-supreme-court-appeal-redistricting-loss\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4561533\/virginia-democrats-supreme-court-appeal-redistricting-loss\/\">intend to appeal<\/a> the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, but that appeal is unlikely to go anywhere because the high court can only review cases where there is a federal constitutional issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama officials petitioned the Supreme Court to approve a new congressional map before 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2600568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26107552998746-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50871,71552,16985,70735],"class_list":["post-2600567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alabama-2","tag-congressional-map-2","tag-redistricting","tag-supreme-court-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26107552998746-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2600567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600571,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600567\/revisions\/2600571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}