Alabama Republicans passed legislation Friday authorizing the governor to scrap the May 19 primary schedule and call new special elections — but only if the Supreme Court first lifts the injunction locking the state's current map in place through 2030. The maneuver is conditional on a court reversal that isn't guaranteed, but the bet is live: Alabama simultaneously filed an emergency petition asking the Supreme Court to green-light the GOP's 2023 map, which federal courts had previously rejected. The 2023 map would eliminate the majority-Black second district that produced Rep. Shomari Figures's (D) 2024 victory. The play here is straightforward: the Court's Louisiana ruling last week — striking a majority-Black district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander — handed Republicans a legal theory. Tennessee moved the same day, carving up its only majority-Black district. Alabama is running the same playbook. If the Court bites, Figures is the target and the House majority gets a little more cushion.