Alabama Republicans have their sights on the high court again as they fight for their illegal voting map. They're counting on Brett Kavanaugh, in particular.
, with that panel noting it was “disturbed” by the state’s defiance. The state has vowed to appeal, putting the case on course to be decided by the justices again.
That raises the question of whether that same high court majority would hold. The answer, again, may come down to Kavanaugh, who, despite being convinced enough to join Roberts’ bottom line, still wrotethat apparently has led Alabama to hold out hope he might flip again.
Though one would think Kavanaugh shouldn’t need persuading to hold the state to the terms of the just-issued Supreme Court ruling, this latest report reminds us that the Donald Trump appointee is still the one to watch as the case continues.Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs.
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