Alabama GOP Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Congressional Map

The legal fight over Alabama’s congressional map has stretched on for years and has become one of the central battlegrounds in the broader national debate over race, redistricting, and political power.

In 2023, federal courts ruled Alabama’s original Republican-drawn map likely violated the Voting Rights Act because it included only one majority-Black district in a state where roughly 27 percent of residents are Black. Courts ordered Alabama to create a second district where Black voters would have an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates.

Republicans resisted those rulings at the time, arguing they were being forced to engage in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.