In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower court’s ruling that it dilutes Black votes

In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower court’s ruling that it dilutes Black votes

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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Alabama to implement a redistricting plan that is being challenged as illegal racial gerrymandering. A lower court ruled last month that the state’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act, and it ordered the state to draw a new map. But the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision put the lower court’s ruling on hold, effectively allowing Alabama to proceed with its preferred map as it prepares for primary elections in … Read the rest