Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of congressional map helping GOP, despite racial bias ruling
Summary
Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional voting map that helps Republicans, despite a lower court ruling that said the map discriminates against Black voters. The state wants to use the map created by lawmakers instead of a court-ordered map that includes more Black-majority districts, following recent changes in federal voting laws.Key Facts
- Alabama’s Republican leaders filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to use a redistricting map from 2023.
- A three-judge lower court ruled that this 2023 map unfairly reduces Black voters’ influence in elections.
- The court-ordered map used in 2024 created two districts where Black residents are the majority or nearly the majority.
- Alabama is about 27% Black, and the court said there should be two such majority-Black districts.
- This legal dispute became more urgent after the Supreme Court weakened parts of the Voting Rights Act in a recent Louisiana case.
- The state says it did not intend to discriminate against Black voters and wants elections held under lawmakers’ map.
- The issue is part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump and Republicans to keep their control of the U.S. House.
- The Supreme Court’s conservative majority recently allowed Alabama to start using the 2023 map by lifting a block on it.
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