BREAKING: Supreme Court strikes down Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that civil rights activists say discriminated against Black voters. The congressional district map, which heavily favors Republicans, will now be redrawn.
Voters exit a polling station at the National Guard Military Base during the presidential primary in Camden, Ala., in 2020.June 8, 2023, 2:30 PM UTCWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that civil rights activists say discriminated against Black voters in a surprise reaffirmation of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
In Thursday’s ruling, Roberts, writing for the majority, said a lower court had correctly concluded that the congressional map violated the voting rights law. The court instead “simply holds that a faithful application of our precedents and a fair reading of the record before us do not bear them out here,” he added.
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