The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states.

The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states.

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    Khadidah Stone, a plaintiff in the Alabama case, said the continuing opposition was “appalling” but “not surprising.” She noted that Alabama is where then-Gov. George Wallace blocked Black students from integrating the University of Alabama in 1963.

    “There is a long history there of disobeying court orders to deny Black people our rights,” she said.

    I grew up in Alabama and remember some people here being proud that Wallace was fighting for them (the whites)

    Alabama’s Republican Roy Moore also defied the the supreme court over same sex marriage and the 10 commandments monument.

    Republicans don’t believe in democracy.