Joey Hudson

The three-judge panel issued a preliminary injunction preventing the state from switching maps.

This comes as several southern states consider new voting districts after a Supreme Court ruling on April 29th.

which struck down Louisiana's congressional map, creating a second-majority black district as a, quote, unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has praised the Supreme Court ruling.

Similar redistricting efforts in other Republican-led states have also faced legal challenges.

For NPR News, I'm Joey Hudson in Troy, Alabama.