Race in voting maps
Wes Allen v. Caster
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Alabama officials ask the Supreme Court to review a district court order blocking the state’s 2023 congressional map; they challenge the court’s findings about alternative maps, racial voting patterns, discrimination, and the state’s decision not to draw another majority-minority district.
- What's at stake
- The challenge to the district court's block on Alabama's 2023 map remains unresolved.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The pending petition was distributed for conference, a step that does not itself mean the Court agreed to hear it.
Alabama officials seek Supreme Court review before the Eleventh Circuit has ruled on the case.
Question presented
1. Did the district court err by not requiring Plaintiffs to offer an alternative map that performed just as well as the State’s map with respect to the State’s districting criteria. 2. Did the district court err by finding racial-bloc voting without accounting for politics. 3. Did the district court err by finding that the totality of circumstances suggests an objective likelihood of discrimination. 4. Did the State violate the Fourteenth Amendment by declining to draw a race-based plan.
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. The petition was distributed for the Nov. 13, 2026, conference, but that does not mean the Court agreed to hear it or guarantee an order date.
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