{"id":2610108,"date":"2026-06-03T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hands-republicans-a-redistricting-win-by-granting-emergency-request\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:02:22","slug":"supreme-court-hands-republicans-a-redistricting-win-by-granting-emergency-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-hands-republicans-a-redistricting-win-by-granting-emergency-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Hands Republicans a Redistricting Win by Granting Emergency Request"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-hands-republicans-a-redistricting-win-by-granting-emergency-request%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=2610108&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>The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, allowed Alabama to implement a congressional district map that removes one of its two majority-black districts for the upcoming 2026 elections. The Court granted an emergency request by Republican state officials, ruling that a lower court did not follow its earlier guidance in **louisiana v. Callais**-specifically,that differences in how racial groups vote for parties alone are not sufficient to prove \u201cracially polarized voting\u201d under the Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>The decision started after Alabama redrew district boundaries in 2021 following the 2020 census,after which civil rights advocates sued,arguing Black voters\u2019 power was diluted. Alabama tried again with a revised plan in 2023, but a lower court ordered against using it. Supporters of the Supreme Court appeal argued that **Callais** changed the legal landscape, while challengers saeid it was too late to alter the maps. Alabama\u2019s primaries were moved to Aug. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Civil rights groups, including the NAACP, condemned the ruling, saying it enables alabama to use a map previously found to be intentionally discriminatory and criticized what they see as disregard for democratic principles.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to wipe away one of its two majority black congressional districts in this year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-3 ruling approved an emergency bid by Republican state officials to use the map, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-allows-alabama-congress-map-eliminate-black-district-rcna346920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight\u2019s decision is a major victory for Alabama and for the principle of self-governance,\u201d state Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States Supreme Court confirmed what we always knew: that Alabama\u2019s Congressional maps are constitutional and lawful under the Voting Rights Act,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28183713-25a1314-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a> said the lower court that had ruled against the state \u201cfailed to follow our instruction in Callais that the mere fact that voters of different races vote for different parties is not relevant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-allows-alabama-to-use-gop-friendly-congressional-map\/\" title=\"... allows ... to use GOP-friendly congressional map\">proving racially polarized voting patterns<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana v. Callais was the court decision that freed Louisiana from Voting Rights Act constraints in drawing the boundaries of congressional districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State has also made a strong showing of irreparable harm and that the equities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amy-coney-barrett-rejects-students-challenge-to-school-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Amy Coney Barrett Rejects Students\u2019 Challenge To School Vaccine Mandate\u00a0\">public interest favor<\/a> it,\u201d the ruling said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have repeatedly cautioned that lower federal courts should not \u2018alter the election rules on the eve of an election,\u2019\u201d the order continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere, the District Court interposed itself into Alabama\u2019s ongoing efforts to conduct its imminent 2026 congressional elections under maps that its elected representatives selected. Its view that conducting the elections under court-imposed maps would be more convenient for the State was not a valid justification for that intervention,\u201d the ruling said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile federal courts should not impose changes close to an election, ibid., States are free to decide for themselves whether last-minute changes to an election are in their best interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the majority did just that, adding that the ruling \u201cdisregards both democratic values and the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/06\/supreme-court-permits-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-struck-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCOTUSBlog<\/a>, the road to the ruling began in 2021, when Alabama redrew district boundaries in response to the 2020 Census.<\/p>\n<p>Civil rights advocates sued, saying the power of black voters was diluted, which violated the Voting Rights Act. Alabama went back to the drawing board in 2023, but lost a court ruling to implement that map, which is the one the Supreme Court allowed to be implemented on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But the Louisiana decision changed everything, the state argued.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama Solicitor General A. Barrett Bowdre said that ruling \u201cvindicates Alabama\u2019s position on the lawfulness of the 2023 Plan, yet the district court decided in one week that\u00a0Callais\u00a0changed nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Challengers to the appeal to the Supreme Court said it was too late to change the maps.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama\u2019s primaries had initially been scheduled for May 19, but will not take place until Aug. 11.<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP was livid that the state is able to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Court continues to unleash chaos in our democratic process, and with this latest action, gives Alabama approval to use a congressional map that had previously been found to be intentionally discriminatory,\u201d Kristen Clarke, its general counsel, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a Court that is stripping Black voters of power and voice at a speed that would put Jim Crow jurists to shame. 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