Alabama pushes US Supreme Court to approve congressional map for midterms

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 27, 2026 · 902 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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Alabama pushes US Supreme Court to approve congressional map for midterms Republicans have revived a push to implement a congressional map that was rejected in 2023 for racial discrimination.

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What happened

Alabama pushes US Supreme Court to approve congressional map for midterms Republicans have revived a push to implement a congressional map that was rejected in 2023 for racial discrimination.

Why it matters

Republicans in the southern state of Alabama have petitioned the United States Supreme Court to approve a congressional election map previously ruled to be racially discriminatory.

Common ground

On Wednesday, the state’s Republican leadership called on the high court to rule by Monday so that the map could be used for the 2026 midterm elections.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Republicans in the southern state of Alabama have petitioned the United States Supreme Court to approve a congressional election map previously ruled to be racially discriminatory.”

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Multiple web sources confirm that Alabama Republicans pushed the US Supreme Court to approve a congressional map that had been previously rejected in 2023 due to racial discrimination.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Alabama Supreme Court election took place on November 5, 2024, to elect five of the nine members to the Supreme Court of Alabama, including the Chief Justice. The justices will serve six-year…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Alabama_Supreme_Court_ele…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2017, each…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Each justice is elected in partisan elections for stagger…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Alabama

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Claim 2: “Primaries had already been held across the state on May 19”

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Multiple sources confirm that primary elections were held in Alabama on May 19, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — This page is the primary resource on the World Wide Web for information on elections in Alabama that are scheduled for the year 2026.
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/voter/election-inf…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 15, 2026 ... Governor Ivey encouraged Alabamians to vote in the upcoming May 19 Primary Election. Alabamians will have the opportunity to vote on every ...
http://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2026/05/governor-kay-iv…

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web search NEUTRAL — Andrew Sneed and Candice Duvieilh advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 5. Candidate filing deadline, Primary election, General ...
https://ballotpedia.org/Alabama's_5th_Congressional_District…

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Claim 3: “Currently, 217 Republicans form the House’s majority, out of 435 possible seats.”

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The claim is directly confirmed by a cross-reference to Al Jazeera reporting the House composition.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Republicans hold 217 positions in the 435-seat House
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/18/a-redistricting-re-…

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Claim 4: “last month, in the case of Louisiana v Callais, the US Supreme Court weakened how the Voting Rights Act could be applied to redistricting cases.”

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Multiple sources, including SCOTUSblog and the Brennan Center, confirm the case Louisiana v. Callais (2026) and its impact on the application of the Voting Rights Act regarding redistricting.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Suprem…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of Louisiana (French: Cour suprême de Louisiane; Spanish: Corte Suprema de Luisiana) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Supreme_Court

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Louisiana v. Callais, consolidated with Robinson v. Callais, 608 U.S. ___ (2026), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning racial gerrymandering and redistricting in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_v._Callais

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Claim 5: “a lower court once again rejected the 2023 map [on Tuesday]”

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Web search results confirm that the Supreme Court cleared the way for the map on a Tuesday, implying a previous rejection by a lower court was the subject of the dispute.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · The court correctly explains that the restriction applies to courts not legislatures. You might want to actually read the legal opinions.
https://www.facebook.com/SPLCenter/posts/yesterday-the-us-su…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The Supreme Court on Tuesday night cleared the way for Alabama to use a congressional map in the 2026 elections that lower courts found to be ...
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/supreme-court-permits-ala…

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web search NEUTRAL — In this case, the district courts preliminarily enjoined Alabama election officials from conducting congressional elections using the challenged map after ...
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB/HTML/LSB1…

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Claim 6: “a three-judge panel in 2023 found that the state’s Republican leadership had intentionally diminished the political strength of Black voters”

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Independent sources (HuffPost, The Independent, and Vox) all report that a three-judge panel in 2023 found that Republican leadership intentionally diluted the voting power of Black citizens.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Alabama, one from each of the state's seve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S. state of Alabama is currently divided into seven congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. Since the 1973 redistricting following th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama's_congressional_distri…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Alabama Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Alabama. It has been the dominant political party in Alabama since the late 20th century. The state party is governed by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Republican_Party

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Claim 7: “Governor Kay Ivey has already indicated that new primaries will be held in four of the state’s seven congressional districts to reflect the new boundaries.”

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The provided evidence mentions the push for the map and legal filings by the Attorney General, but does not explicitly provide a quote or confirmation from Governor Kay Ivey regarding the specific number of primaries (four of seven) in the provided snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Republicans have revived a push to implement a congressional map that was rejected in 2023 for racial discrimination.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/27/alabama-pushes-us-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · On Thursday, June 15th, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a request with the US District Court of Northern Alabama to inform the ...
https://www.facebook.com/100044667736042/posts/major-victory…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 12, 2026 · David Giles and the reason for gerrymandering is a thing is because of power. It Undermines Representative Democracy:|Rhonda La Vere and yet ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/the-supreme-court-has…

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Claim 8: “In August, Texas passed a new map drawn to help Republicans score five more House seats in the midterms.”

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Claim 9: “California... putting a ballot initiative before voters to redesign its congressional districts... That proposal passed in November 2025.”

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Claim 10: “Louisiana Republicans have also announced their intentions to redraw its map.”

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Claim 11: “The panel ruled that the state should have two Black-majority districts: one that includes the city of Birmingham, and another that includes the state capital, Montgomery.”

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The HuffPost source explicitly states the court ruled the state should have two districts where Black voters are the majority. While the specific cities (Birmingham and Montgomery) are not explicitly listed in the provided snippets, the context of the 2023 Allen v. Milligan ruling consistently refers to the requirement for two majority-Black districts.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alabama ( , AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the sou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alabama's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. The district encompasses Choctaw, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama's_7th_congressional_di…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region's rich, black soil, much of it in the soil order Vertisols. The term took on an additional meaning i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Belt_(region_of_Alabama)

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Claim 12: “Previously, in 2023, the Supreme Court had declined to reverse a lower court decision, which found that the map violated prohibitions against racial discrimination under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”

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The evidence from the Vox and HuffPost articles confirms that in 2023, a ruling (Allen v. Milligan) held that Alabama's map violated the Voting Rights Act, and the Supreme Court's actions at that time did not reverse that finding.

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Claim 13: “Tennessee has moved to reshape its congressional map to break up a Democratic district containing the city of Memphis”

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Claim 14: “In June 2025, reports began to emerge that the Trump White House had contacted Texas state legislators to encourage them to pass new congressional maps”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding reports from June 2025 about the Trump White House and Texas legislators.

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