Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is filing an emergency motion seeking to open the door for the state to revert back to a previous State Senate district map.

Alabama lawmakers are scrambling to change the state's congressional maps. The governor called a special session after the Supreme Court tossed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

Marshall separately has filed a direct appeal to the Supreme Court in Allen v. Milligan and a request to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The state has primaries scheduled for May 19.

Alabama's special session began Monday afternoon to set a contingency plan for the state to revert away from court-drawn maps.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is asking a federal court to allow the state to use its own congressional district map ahead of the May 19 primary, argu

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a new congressional map that could help Republicans pick up four more seats in the House — a move that swiftly drew a lawsuit. DeSantis, who is scheduled to be in Los Angeles later in the day to speak at the Milken Institute Global Conference,