May 27 (UPI) -- One day after a federal court blocked an Alabama congressional voting map that reduced the state's majority-Black voting districts to one, the state's Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause the order and allow them to use the map for upcoming midterm elections.

Alabama officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to use the GOP-backed congressional map that was shot down by a lower court the day before.

A three-judge panel in Birmingham, Alabama, found that the state's proposed map of House districts was 'intentionally discriminatory."

A three-judge panel in Birmingham, Alabama, found that the state's proposed map of House districts was 'intentionally discriminatory."

A three-judge panel in Birmingham, Alabama, found that the state's proposed map of House districts was 'intentionally discriminatory."

Alabama on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections, despite a lower court's ruling that the redistricting plan

Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a lower court's ruling the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.

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