Allen v. Milligan · ¶5

et al. v. Caster, et al., also on applications for stay. different races vote for different parties is not relevant to proving racially polarized voting patterns. See 608 U. S., at 119–120. The State has also made a strong showing of irreparable harm and that the equities and public interest favor it. The Court has repeatedly cautioned that lower federal courts should not “alter the election rules on the eve of an election.” Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee, 589 U. S. 423, 424 (per curiam). Here, the District Court interposed itself into Alabama's ongoing efforts to conduct its imminent 2026 congressional elections. Its view that conducting the elections under court-imposed maps would be more convenient for the State was not a valid justification for that intervention.

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