Before the court action, Alabama – which is 27% Black – had only one Black-majority congressional district out of seven seats.
The case is expected to land before the all-Republican state Supreme Court, where DeSantis appointees hold most seats.
A separate federal case in Georgia challenges the congressional map on constitutional grounds and is slated to go to trial next month.
UtahThe state Supreme Court, in a case it heard in July, is considering whether it even has the authority to weigh in on map-drawing decisions by the GOP-controlled state legislature.
Advocacy groups and a handful of voters are challenging a congressional map that further carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County between four decidedly Republican districts.
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