Alabama Is Free to Redraw Its Maps After SCOTUS

On Monday, in a 6-3 resolution, the United States Supreme Court vacated a ruling in the United States District Court of Northern Alabama, which required the state to draw congressional maps establishing two majority-minority congressional districts. 

Breaking news: US Supreme Court vacates Alabama district court order requiring the state to draw a congressional map with two majority-Black voting districts in 6-3 resolution.

Alabama can now draw a more Republican pleasant map. pic.twitter.com/fq605lGOPw

— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) May 11, 2026

The motions to expedite are granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment in No. 25-243 is granted. The judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in that case is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit with instructions to remand to the District Court for additional consideration in gentle of Louisiana v. Callais, 608 U.S. ___ (2026). The judgments in No. 25-273 and No. 25-274 are vacated, and the circumstances are remanded to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama for additional consideration in gentle of Louisiana v. Callais, 608 U.S. ___ (2026). The judgments will probably be issued forthwith pursuant to Rule 45.3.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the dissent, and was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

As PurpleState reported on Saturday: 

On Friday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall petitioned the United States Supreme Court to restore its 2023 congressional maps. As PurpleState reported, these maps have been restricted from use when a U.S. District Court ruled they had been in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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As PurpleState additional reported, on Friday, the Alabama legislature also handed two payments, which, contingent on the Supreme Court’s ruling, would restore their proper to use the maps drawn prior to the district court ruling. The payments also commissioned a particular election ought to the Court not render a swift resolution before Alabama’s May nineteenth major election. SCOTUS’ ruling in Alabama’s favor now frees Secretary of State Wes Allen to transfer ahead with the election utilizing those most well-liked maps. 

Breaking: US Supreme Court vacates Alabama district court order requiring the state to draw 2 majority black districts

Final Vote:
🟢 Yes: 6
🔴 No: 3

Current Map:
🔴 Republicans: 5
🔵 Democrats: 2

New Map:
🔴 Republicans: 6 (+1)
🔵 Democrats: 1 (-1) pic.twitter.com/AGG98UxIU1

— OSZ (@OpenSourceZone) May 11, 2026

This is a developing story. PurpleState will present updates as info turns into obtainable.

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