Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court ruling that found the state's map of congressional election districts likely violates the Voting Rights Act by weakening ...

The court in two related applications refused emergency requests from Republican state ... minority-Black district was required, in line with the Supreme Court's June ruling. A new map with ...

(Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images) In a 14-6 party line ... Black Alabamians. The court ordered lawmakers to create a new map with two majority-Black districts, increasing the odds that the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Alabama officials to redraw the state’s congressional map to allow an additional Black majority district to account for the fact that the state is 27% Black.

In September, the federal court hired a special master to draw several drafts of the state's political boundaries, after refusing to accept their latest map with just one Black district.