Mark Sherman, Associated Press
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Tuesday's order is the latest development in a redistricting frenzy that is part of a broader push by President Donald Trump to try to hold on to Republicans’ slim House majority. -
The state filed an emergency appeal with the justices Wednesday, a day after a three-judge court blocked a map with a Black majority in just one of Alabama's seven congressional districts. -
The court’s action Thursday leaves in place rulings in favor of Joseph Clifton Smith, 55, who has been on death row roughly half his life after his murder conviction.
