The Latest Breaking News from Alabama

WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court order that allowed Alabama to use its new congressional map for the 2022 election has ominous signs for federal challenges to redistricting plans in other states for the upcoming midterms and beyond.

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts was once in the vanguard as the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the Voting Rights Act. But as his more conservative colleagues showed this week in restoring a Republican-drawn Alabama congressional map, Roberts is no longer in control.

The Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act while conservatives erase the history that necessitated its passage

Contrary to some of the more breathless reactions, it doesn't suggest a conspiracy to help Republicans win elections by disenfranchising black voters.

Justices tee up legal battle over Voting Rights Act and protections against racial gerrymandering

The court's decision on Alabama's congressional map may mean other states’ Voting Rights Act challenges will take longer.

Merrill v. Milligan is the most important shadow docket entry since John Does 1-3 v. Mills

WASHINGTON — In its first decision on this decade’s congressional redistricting, the Supreme Court on Monday sided with Alabama’s Republicans and blocked the creation of a new Black-majority district in the state.

Justices put on hold a lower court ruling that state must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections