Alabama Republicans get completely denied as their pathetic second attempt at gerrymandering congressional map gets brutally denied by the Supreme Court and gives voter advocates a victory.
How many times do they get to ignore a SCOTUS ruling and come back with yet another gerrymandered map? Looks like the answer is 1, because they ignored the first ruling and came back with yet another heavily gerrymandered map. But that one got them in trouble. Now a court appointed expert will draw the map. -Editor
“The Supreme Court refused to reinstate Alabama’s Republican-drawn congressional map, enabling a court-appointed official to draw the lines for the 2024 election instead.
The justices in June struck down Alabama’s previous map for likely diluting the power of Black voters, and the current dispute concerned a new version that still did not add a second majority-Black district.
Alabama had urged the justices to temporarily halt a lower ruling that blocked that new map for not following the Supreme Court’s directive.
In a brief order Tuesday, the high court denied the state’s request, handing a significant victory for voting rights advocates and a group of Black Alabama voters who sued over the design. There were no noted dissents.”
Read more here: Supreme Court refuses to revive Alabama’s GOP-drawn congressional map
