Revision History

On June 2, 2026, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned 6-3 order via its emergency "shadow docket" reinstating Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map — a map that a unanimous three-judge panel (including two Trump appointees) found was "tainted by intentional race-based discrimination." The decision eliminates a majority-Black congressional district used in 2024 and arrives amid a broader dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, with the Court intervening in redistricting cases across five states ahead of the 2026 midterms.