The case, concerning redistricting in Alabama, could dismantle protections against voting policies that are racially discriminatory.
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court gave few clues Tuesday whether they would soon deal a blow to the Voting Rights Act and its protections against racially discriminatory congressional maps, as justices heard oral arguments on Alabama’s voting map —though new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came out strongly against that possibility in her second day on the bench.... [+]Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reservedThe Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two cases, Merrill v.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who just joined the court this term, sharply criticized Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour, who claimed the state’s initial map was “race neutral” and thus not discriminatory, saying his premise was false and that race has “already infused the voting system” due to issues like segregation in housing.
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