2026年5月11日 美国东部时间下午1:56 / 福克斯新闻
此举出台之际，路易斯安那州卡莱斯案的裁决引发了人们对种族在绘制选区地图时应如何发挥作用的质疑
作者：查尔斯·克莱茨 福克斯新闻
阿拉巴马州总检察长史蒂夫·马歇尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他正努力推翻法院强制推行的不公正选区划分，此前最高法院否决了基于种族的选区划分方案，并回击了他所说的压制共和党声音的北方批评者。
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阿拉巴马州最高执法官员已向最高法院提起诉讼，旨在推翻此前一项限制共和党人参与十年一度选区划分的裁决，此前路易斯安那州的一桩案件对法院此前的裁决方式提出了质疑。
路易斯安那州的“卡莱斯案”裁决推翻了该州的选区地图，包括以新奥尔良为中心的选区以及从巴吞鲁日延伸出的狭窄少数族裔占多数走廊。阿拉巴马州领导人表示，该裁决与或质疑了影响本州的最高法院先例，该先例要求在绘制国会选区时考虑种族因素。
“现在他们为阿拉巴马州提供了一个框架，可以直接为州议会2021年和2023年的做法辩护，”阿拉巴马州总检察长史蒂夫·马歇尔告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他对法院4月底对卡莱斯案的裁决结果感到“振奋”。
“那就是，基于历史选区划分原则绘制地图，我现在认为卡莱斯案明确表明，行使这一权力是符合宪法的，”马歇尔说，他强调了最高法院的分析，即在绘制国会选区时不应以种族为主要考量因素。
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“与路易斯安那州不同，该州通过该裁决直接获得了救济，我们现在必须解除针对阿拉巴马州此前地图的禁制令——由三名法官组成的合议庭要么恢复受到质疑的地图，要么授予州议会绘制新地图的权力。”
最高法院此前的一项裁决“艾伦诉米利根案”宣布阿拉巴马州此前的选区划分工作无效，批评人士称，在这个深红州，该裁决在创建第二个民主党占优势的选区时错误地权衡了种族因素。
如果阿拉巴马州能够摆脱“米利根案”的约束，这可能会对民主党今年秋季在美国众议院共和党占微弱多数的情况下争取足够席位的努力产生全国性影响，因为蒙哥马利所谓的“利文斯顿地图”——最初在2023年的案件中被推翻——将重获生机。
马歇尔今年秋季还在竞选接替即将退休的阿拉巴马州共和党参议员汤米·图伯维尔，他表示，随着5月19日初选临近，向法院提起诉讼的紧迫性十分重要。
“鉴于最高法院的裁决，下级法院的禁制令无法成立，我们已请求法院解除禁制令。阿拉巴马州有权使用自己的地图，就像其他每个州一样。”
这位总检察长表示，他的工作与州议员们分开进行，议员们正在进行特别会议，直至周五处理这场斗争的立法层面问题，而他的办公室“唯一专注于”从最高法院获得法律救济。
众议院共和党议长回击布克抨击消除红州唯一民主党占优势选区的提案
他还表示，在种族问题上，21世纪20年代的阿拉巴马州已不是1960年代的阿拉巴马州，在这个“黄hammer州”（阿拉巴马州别称），少数族裔投票几乎不存在任何障碍，即便有的话也为数不多。
“几年前在‘米利根案’中，卡瓦诺大法官在协同意见中就表达了这种观点，他说总有一天我们必须承认情况已经发生了变化，”他说，此前的案件迫使阿拉巴马州划定第二个黑人选民有意义机会选举自己选择的候选人的选区。
阿拉巴马州塔拉迪加超级赛道的耶拉伍德500赛车比赛——该州最顶级的赛事之一。（克里斯·格雷森/盖蒂图片社）
对于新泽西州参议员科里·布克这样的民主党批评者，他曾前往阿拉巴马州进行反驳——正如他在伯明翰与伯明翰市长兰德尔·伍兹芬和民主党州长候选人道格·琼斯一起参加的反选区划分论坛上所做的那样——马歇尔建议他们先整顿自己北方的内务。
“[他们]主张比例代表制，这基本上就是他们的说法，他们在缅因州、罗德岛州、新罕布什尔州也提出了同样的主张——在这些州，你看不到一名共和党籍国会议员。”
他强调，新英格兰各州有大量“无党派”或独立选民群体，选区划分批评人士经常提及该地区，因为共和党人基本上在华盛顿没有任何话语权。
缅因州被认为是最温和的州，共和党阵营估计约占30%，而佛蒙特州更模糊的登记制度导致2024年唐纳德·特朗普总统获得的选票份额大致相同。
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康涅狄格州、罗德岛州和马萨诸塞州的共和党选票份额都在10%至40%之间，假设“无党派”群体中的一部分人有时会投票给共和党候选人。这些州有超过40%的民众登记为无党派或类似身份。
福克斯新闻数字频道本周早些时候就类似批评联系了布克，但未收到回复。
马歇尔表示，他的工作不一定与州议会同步，但两者的目标相似。
“虽然我们显然会关注州议会的动向，但我们的工作是尽快从[2023年选区划分]禁制令中获得救济。”
“另一件事是，我们不仅在研究国会选区地图，还涉及州参议院选区地图，后者也因《投票权法案》第2条的质疑而需要重新划分，”他说。
阿拉巴马州总检察长史蒂夫·马歇尔在为凯坦吉·布朗·杰克逊举行的参议院司法委员会确认听证会上发言。（阿尔·德拉戈/盖蒂图片社）
他的办公室还参与了位于新奥尔良的第11巡回上诉法院的案件，挑战该州的参议院选区地图，同时寻求最高法院对国会选区问题的审查。
虽然马歇尔在弗吉尼亚州最高法院推翻由民主党主导的选区划分地图之前接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访，但他称里士满的举动“显然是出于极度政治化的原因，完全没有考虑任何传统原则”。
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阿拉巴马州的选区划分工作旨在遵循法律的文字和精神，总检察长表示，他希望有真正的机会从美国最高法院获得有利的纠正措施，纠正该州此前在这场斗争中的失利。
州务卿韦斯·艾伦表示，5月19日的初选将按计划进行，这意味着马歇尔的动议可能恰逢其时，让共和党人在具有全国意义的选举格局中获得又一个渐进优势。
查尔斯·克莱茨是福克斯新闻数字频道的记者。
他于2013年加入福克斯新闻，担任撰稿人和制作助理。
查尔斯负责报道福克斯新闻数字频道的媒体、政治和文化领域。
查尔斯是宾夕法尼亚州本地人，毕业于天普大学，获广播新闻学学士学位。新闻线索可发送至charles.creitz@fox.com。
Alabama AG makes Supreme Court play that could deal decisive blow in redistricting war
May 11, 2026 1:56pm EDT / Fox News
The move comes after the Louisiana Callais ruling raised questions about how race should factor into map-drawing
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall tells Fox News Digital he’s fighting to undo a court-forced gerrymander after the Supreme Court ruled against race-based redistricting, firing back at Northern critics he says silence Republican voices.
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Alabama’s top law enforcement officer filed a Supreme Court challenge aimed at overturning a prior ruling that limited Republicans in decennial redistricting, after a recent Louisiana case raised questions about how the court previously ruled there.
Louisiana’s “Callais” ruling struck down the state’s map, including districts centered on New Orleans and a narrow majority-minority corridor from Baton Rouge. Alabama leaders said the decision conflicts with or calls into question Supreme Court precedent affecting their state by requiring racial factors to be considered when drawing congressional districts.
“Now they have a framework for Alabama to directly defend what the legislature did both in 2021 and 2023,” said Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, telling Fox News Digital he was “thrilled” to see where the court came down on Callais at the end of April.
“And that is, drawing maps based on historical redistricting principles that now I think Callais makes clear were constitutional exercises of that authority,” Marshall said, highlighting SCOTUS’ analysis that race should not predominate when drawing congressional districts.
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“And then unlike Louisiana, which was able to get direct relief through that decision, we now have to be removed from the injunction [against Alabama’s prior map] by the three-judge panel in order to either go back to the map that is being challenged or give the legislature the authority to draw a new map.”
A previous Supreme Court ruling, Allen v. Milligan, invalidated Alabama’s prior redistricting effort, with critics saying the decision wrongly weighted racial factors in creating what became a second Democratic-favored district in the ruby-red state.
If Alabama is able to get out from under Milligan, it could have national implications for Democrats’ attempts to gain enough seats in the slim GOP-majority U.S. House this fall, as Montgomery’s so-called Livingston map, originally struck down in the 2023 case, would see new life.
Marshall, who is also running to succeed retiring Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., this fall, said urgency before the court is important with the May 19 primary approaching.
“Because the lower court’s injunction cannot stand in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling, we have asked the court to lift the injunction. Alabama deserves the right to use its own maps, just like every other state.”
The AG said he is working separately from state lawmakers, who are in special session through Friday to address the legislative side of the fight, and that his office is “singularly focused” on getting legal relief from the Supreme Court.
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He also said that, regarding race, the Alabama of the 2020s is not the Alabama of the 1960s and that there are few, if any, barriers to minority suffrage in the Yellowhammer State.
“You saw some of that sentiment from Justice Kavanaugh in a concurrence in the Milligan case that Alabama had there a few years ago, saying there’s a point in time in which we have to acknowledge that circumstances have changed,” he said, as the prior case forced Alabama to draw a second district where Black voters have a meaningful opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice.
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For Democratic critics like New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who descended on Alabama to push back — as he did at a counter-redistricting forum in Birmingham with the city’s Mayor Randall Woodfin and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones — Marshall suggested they get their own house in order up north.
“[They’re] arguing for proportional representation, which is basically what they are saying, they make that same argument in Maine, in Rhode Island, in New Hampshire — where you don’t see a single congressional member there from the Republican Party.”
Underlining that New England states have large blocs of “unaffiliated” or independent voters, gerrymander critics often point to the region because those who are Republican essentially have no voice in Washington.
Maine is considered the most moderate of the states, with an estimated Republican bloc of about 30%, while Vermont’s more vague registration system resulted in about the same percentage of vote share going to President Donald Trump in 2024.
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Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts all have between 10% and 40% Republican vote share, presuming a bloc of the “unaffiliated” group votes at times for Republican candidates. Those states have more than 40% of their people registered unaffiliated or similar.
Fox News Digital reached out to Booker earlier this week on similar criticism but did not receive a response.
Marshall said his work is not necessarily in concert with the legislature, but the two are on similar tracks.
“While we’ll obviously watch what the legislature is doing, our job is to secure the relief from the [2023 redistricting] injunction as quickly as possible.”
“And the other thing, not only are we working on the state congressional map, but it’s also, we have a state Senate district [map] likewise that was subject to redrawing based upon a Voting Rights Act Section 2 challenge,” he said.
Steve Marshall, Alabama’s attorney general, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
His office is also involved in the New Orleans-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the state’s senatorial map while seeking Supreme Court review on the congressional front.
While Marshall spoke to Fox News Digital before the Supreme Court of Virginia struck down the Democratic-led redistricting map there, he called Richmond’s move “clearly [done] for hyper-political reasons that kept none of the traditional principles in mind.”
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Alabama’s redistricting efforts have aimed to follow the letter and spirit of the law, and the attorney general said he hopes to have a real chance of receiving favorable corrective action from the nation’s highest court and remedying a fight the Yellowhammer State previously lost.
Secretary of State Wes Allen indicated the May 19 primary will go on as expected, meaning Marshall’s motions may come just in time to give Republicans another incremental advantage in a nationally relevant electoral landscape.
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
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Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.
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