{"id":2606884,"date":"2026-05-26T10:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-blocks-alabama-republicans-plan-to-instate-new-map\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:36:13","slug":"court-blocks-alabama-republicans-plan-to-instate-new-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-blocks-alabama-republicans-plan-to-instate-new-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Court blocks Alabama Republicans&#8217; plan to instate new 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\">18<\/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%2Fcourt-blocks-alabama-republicans-plan-to-instate-new-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=2606884&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>Federal judges blocked Alabama Republicans from adopting a new congressional district map intended to remove one of the state\u2019s two remaining Democratic-leaning districts. Alabama\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-republicans-relent-on-redistricting-effort\/\" title=\"Indiana ... relent on redistricting effort\">current map includes<\/a> five Republican seats and two Democratic seats, the latter preserved due to court-mandated majority-Black districts. A three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifth-circuit-upholds-injunction-for-navy-seals-challenging-dod-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Fifth Circuit Upholds Injunction for Navy SEALs Challenging DOD Vaccine Mandate\">-judge panel rejected<\/a> the Republicans\u2019 effort, preventing them from eliminating one of those Democratic seats.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal judges blocked <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alabama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1172\">Alabama<\/a> Republicans\u2019 plan to install a new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">congressional<\/a> map that would eliminate one of two remaining <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"249\">Democratic<\/a>-leaning districts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-who-claims-to-oppose-gerrymandering-funnels-300000-to-democratic-gerrymandering-group\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels 0,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group\">congressional map<\/a> has five Republican seats and two Democratic seats, the latter due to the former-mandated two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-alabama-democrats-gerrymandered-map\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Blocks Alabama Democrats\u2019 Gerrymandered ...\">majority-black districts<\/a>. 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