Supreme Court lets Alabama use House map that favors GOP in midterms
The unsigned order pauses a lower court block and leaves one majority-Black district in place, a shift that could aid Republicans in November.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use a congressional map previously struck down for intentional discrimination, enabling the state to implement gerrymandered districts favoring Republicans in this year's midterm elections.
- Alabama's government sought to replace its current map—which features two majority-Black districts—with the controversial plan following the April Callais decision, despite having previously defied court orders on racial discrimination.
- In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned the ruling "inflicts two grave harms on the public," noting that 600,000 registered voters across three split counties face disruption as officials reassign districts.
- Alabama Republican Governor Kay Ivey celebrated the decision as a win, while Representative Terri Sewell condemned it as a "pattern of outrageous Supreme Court decisions" and Representative Shomari Figures warned it effectively ends Voting Rights Act protections.
- The ruling effectively eliminates use of the VRA and the Fourteenth Amendment to protect minority voters, establishing a precedent that makes challenging maps for diluting or discriminating against minority votes nearly impossible going forward.
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SCOTUS Allows Alabama to Use Voting Map Ruled Discriminatory by Lower Court
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday evening allowed Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map, reversing a lower court’s ruling that repeatedly deemed the map racially discriminatory. In an unsigned 6-3 decision on the case known as Allen v. Milligan, the court wrote that the lower court’s map would not be “more convenient” for Alabama than the congressional map the Legislature passed in 2023. Source
New SCOTUS Ruling Is Pure Vindication for GOP - Patriot Newsfeed
The Supreme Court handed Alabama Republicans a significant victory Tuesday, clearing the way for the state to use a congressional map that could reshape the political landscape ahead of the November midterm elections and potentially boost Republican representation in Congress. In an emergency order, the justices allowed Alabama to proceed with a congressional map adopted by the Republican-controlled legislature in 2023. The map includes a single…
Supreme Court Allows Alabama to Use US House Map That Eliminates a Majority-Black District
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, blocking a lower court ruling that the redistricting plan intentionally discriminates against Black people. The post Supreme Court Allows Alabama to Use Congressional Map That Eliminates a Majority-Black District appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.
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