Clarence Thomas puts Dems on clock as Alabama GOP emergency map bid stalled

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on intensifying redistricting battles across the Southern United States as Democratic lawmakers fight Republican efforts to redraw congressional maps. Justice Clarence Thomas declined to immediately hand Alabama Republicans a win Wednesday, but ordered their voting rights challengers to quickly defend a court-drawn congressional map that helped Democrats flip a deep-red state House seat. Alabama's Republican attorney general requested emergency relief, asking the Supreme Court to immediately revive the state's 2023 legislature-drawn congressional map after a lower court blocked it, ruling that the state must continue using a special-master map approved by the courts that created a second Black-opportunity district and helped elect Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures in 2024. On Wednesday, Thomas, who