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US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power

court similarly ruled it was too late for Alabama to implement a new congressional map before its May primary. ![four supreme

Supreme Court reinstates Republican-favored Alabama congressional districts

congressional races. The case, however, was not over. In its ruling, the Supreme Court had ordered a lower court panel to continue evaluating Alabama's map

Black lawmakers decry supreme court voting decision: ‘We’re going backwards’

supreme court ruled in Allen v Milligan in 2023 that Alabama’s congressional map illegally

Supreme Court's Alabama redistricting decision could encourage more chaos, experts warn

Alabama to use a congressional redistricting map that favors Republicans by eliminating one of the two existing districts where voters had elected a Black Democrat to Congress. In late April, the Supreme Court's conservative

Democrats aim to reclaim House majority by boosting eight ‘top-tier candidates’

Alabama and Tennessee, are rushing to revise their congressional maps after a [supreme court ruling

Alabama will split U.S. House primaries, after the Supreme Court's voting ruling

Alabama to use a map that had been blocked by the courts. The move increases the chances of Republicans picking up an extra U.S. House seat. The Supreme Court's conservative majority [vacated](https://www.supremecourt.gov

Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies

ruling; S.C. redistricting stalls](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5819600/alabama-congressional-redistricting-special-election) This week, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to change its congressional map

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supreme court ruled in a 6-3 decision that [Alabama can use a redrawn congressional map

Supreme court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to restore congressional map

congressional maps to produce more Republican-leaning seats following the court’s voting rights decision. But the [Virginia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia) situation was different, stemming from a 4-3 ruling by the Virginia supreme court

Supreme court approves Alabama map that erases majority-Black district

Alabama can use a redrawn congressional map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts in this year’s midterm elections, the [US supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) ruled

Tennessee approves new congressional map in latest redistricting flurry

congressional maps ahead of the midterm elections. Louisiana has paused its House primaries in light of the Supreme Court ruling as it pursues redistricting. Alabama

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supreme court on Monday allowed a recent ruling that gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act to take effect ahead of schedule – a procedural move that helps Louisiana Republicans redraw their congressional maps

Anger mounts after Tennessee Republicans redraw maps – US politics live

maps in the wake of last week’slandmark [Callais v Landry](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) decision supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained state governments from drawing congressional districts

Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia

Supreme Court ruling, which weakened voting rights protections for minority communities. Loading... The [*Louisiana v. Callais*](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf) ruling has remade the redistricting race that President Trump began last year to help Republicans hold

A redistricting re-do? What to know about Alabama’s primary elections

Supreme Court decision](/news/2026/4/27/us-supreme-court-reinstates-republican-favoured-texas-electoral-map) in April weakened how race might be considered in cases of congressional redistricting. According to the ruling, plaintiffs must now show that districts were designed overtly to disenfranchise minority voters

In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation

Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District after ruling that the state intentionally diluted the voting power of Black residents, who make up about 27% of its population. The court said there should be a district where

Six US states hold primaries as Trump urges Kentucky voters to oust Massie

supreme court’s ruling last month [winnowing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) the Voting Rights Act and allowing states to eliminate majority Black congressional districts, Alabama’s Republican leaders quickly moved to implement a [new congressional map

Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of House seats – US politics live

map that could yield a clean sweep for Republicans, AP reports. Debates already have played out in Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana as [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) push to leverage a recent Supreme Court ruling that

‘Cotton picking’: US lawmaker condemned for racist comment about Jeffries

Supreme Court decision in late April has weakened how that law may be enforced. The high court struck down a key provision in the Voting Rights Act, making it easier to break up predominantly Black

Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live

Alabama to quickly ask the court to release it from that injunction in light of the Callais decision. **Mississippi** could also move quickly to get rid of a district represented by Bennie Thompson, a Black