BREAKING: Three-judge district court reaffirms earlier rulings that Alabama's 2023 congressional map cannot be used

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BREAKING: Three-judge district court reaffirms earlier rulings, even in light of Callais, that Alabama’s 2023 congressional map cannot be used because it is “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination” and that the court-ordered map is, again, to be used in the 2026 elections.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-26T14:18:21.634Z

Here is the full opinion and order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-26T14:21:58.473Z

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1. 2 Trump judges on this decision.

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2. So, if the AL legislature can get something together and passed legally in time for the Aug 11 primary, they coul

Legal eagles -- this seems to read to me like if the AL legislature gets up and says we are coming up with these new maps for 2026 based on purely political motives and not racial ones and somehow gets it through the process early enough to hold the new primaries on August 11, that would be OK.

Otherwise, we will use the district maps they used in 2024. The legislature can then write new maps for 2028 but the next congress would still have the current majority minority districts. Since they are outside of their normal legislative calendar (jan 13-April 9), that would require some sort of special session during campaign season. And they would only have 12 legislative days to get it done (30 calendar days) with three separate readings on separate legislative days.

Hard to believe it -- but this group appeared to do the right thing.

More of a reprieve than a pardon. But one more fair election would be a good thing.

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3. Federal court blocks redistricting map created to help GOP in Alabama

The decision is a win for Democrats. The map had been designed to give Republicans an edge in six of seven congressional districts in the state for November’s elections.

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/26/court-blocks-map-meant-help-republicans-alabama

A federal court Tuesday blocked Alabama from using a map designed to give Republicans an edge in six of seven congressional districts in the state, delivering Democrats a win — at least for now — amid a national battle over how political lines are drawn.

The unanimous three-judge panel ruled the state could not use its map because the court had years ago determined it “represents an intentional effort to crack the Black population in Alabama.”

The judges told the state for now to use the map that was in effect for the last election. Under that map, the state sent five White Republicans and two Black Democrats to Congress.

But the judges also left the Republican-run legislature the opportunity to draw the state’s congressional map yet again. That gives Republicans a chance to engineer a new map favoring them. They could also appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.