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June 9, 2023

Supreme Court Orders Alabama to Redraw Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
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The U.S. Supreme Court handed a surprise victory to the Voting Rights
Act on Thursday, as it rejected Alabama's gerrymandered congressional
maps that disempowered Black voters. Justices John Roberts and Brett
Kavanaugh joined the court's three liberal justices in ordering
Alabama's Legislature to redraw a second Black-majority district. The
gerrymandered maps left only one of seven congressional districts with a
Black majority despite African Americans making up more than a quarter
of Alabama's population.


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