> The Supreme Court wanted to hide behind this lower court panel and let them make way for a discriminatory map to take effect. But on Tuesday, one Southern court said they would have no part of this nakedly partisan project, writing, “We cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.”

-- Pema Levy, MOTHER JONES, May 26, 2026

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