A U.S. District Court has set a hearing date in the case regarding Alabama’s electoral maps. The hearing, set for May 22, will be the first time the state and plaintiffs appear back in court after the issue of Alabama’s congressional maps came back into the forefront in the wake of the U.

Gov. Kay Ivey set a special primary election Tuesday following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to vacate Alabama’s court-ordered congressional map.

Plaintiffs in Alabama’s congressional redistricting case on Friday asked a federal court to immediately block the state from reinstating its 2023 congressional

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais, limiting race-based districting and striking down a majority-Black district as unconstitutional. Why it matters: Analysts warn the decision could flip up to 19 majority-minority House seats and weaken decades of protections against racial vote dilution.