Allen v. Milligan · ¶20

That injunction prompted the first trip to this Court. At the time, Alabama claimed to be in a predicament. The District Court had issued its injunction in January 2022, roughly four months ahead of Alabama's primary election in May 2022. By Alabama's telling, four months was not enough time to change congressional maps, so it sought a stay of the injunction from this Court, arguing that “this overhaul of Alabama's congressional map at this late hour would require the last-minute reassignment of hundreds of thousands of voters to new districts.” Application in Merrill v. Milli gan, O. T. 2021, No. 21A375, p. 38 (Merrill Application). This “chaos,” the State argued, would harm “not only the State,” but also “voters and candidates across the State.” Ibid.

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