SCOTUS Smacks Down Alabama On US House Map

The Associated Press reports:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed, rejecting the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were struck down by a lower court.

In refusing to intervene, the justices, without any noted dissent, allowed a court-appointed special master’s work to continue. On Monday, he submitted three proposals that would create a second congressional district where Black voters comprise a majority of the voting age population or close to it.

A second district with a Democratic-leaning Black majority could send another Democrat to Congress at a time when Republicans hold a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives. Federal lawsuits over state and congressional districts also are pending in Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

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The Supreme Court is refusing to stop judges from redrawing Alabama’s congressional maps to better represent Black voters. The move could help Democrats’ chances to flip control of the U.S. House. https://t.co/GRV8c4jCsS

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 26, 2023