The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Alabama Republicans a victory, issuing an emergency order that the state can use a congressional map likely to benefit the GOP in November’s midterm elections.The justices granted Alabama’s emergency appeal to use a map adopted by the state legislature in 2023 that includes a single majority-Black district for this election cycle.The court’s three liberal justices dissented.Alabama Republicans had sought to revive the previously blocked map, which is expected to give the GOP an opportunity to gain an additional congressional seat by replacing a court-drawn south Alabama district that helped elect a Black Democrat with a map that contains only one majority-Black district.The ruling came after the Supreme Court last month vacated a lower court ruling blocking Alabama's 2023 congressional map and sent the case back for further review.
Last week, however, a three-judge federal panel again blocked the GOP-backed map and ordered Alabama to continue using a court-drawn map containing two districts in which Black voters are a majority or have an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates.REDISTRICTING WAR INTENSIFIES AS GOP SUFFERS SETBACKS IN TWO STATESAlabama Gov.Kay Ivey participates in the homecoming ceremonies at halftime of the game between South Alabama Jaguars and Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Sept.
13, 2025.(Stew Milne/Getty Images)Republican Gov.
Kay Ivey celebrated the ruling Tuesday evening and confirmed that Alabama’s Aug.11 special primary election would be conducted under the 2023 map."The U.S.
Supreme Court confirmed what I have said all along and that is that Alabama knows our state, our people and our districts best," Ivey said in a statement."Today’s decision is a win for the people of Alabama and our elections," she continued."Alabama is doing our part to keep America strong, and I am proud our state continues to fight the fight to ensure activists do not get the final say."...