The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency bid from Alabama, setting the stage for a new congressional map likely to include a second Black majority district to account for the stateā€™s 27% Black population.

The one-line order reflects that the feelings on the court havenā€™t changed since June when a 5-4 Supreme Court affirmed a lower court that had ordered the state to redraw its seven-seat congressional map to include a second majority-Black district or ā€œsomething quite close to it.ā€

There were no noted dissents.

The case has been closely watched because after the courtā€™s June ruling, Alabama GOP lawmakers again approved a congressional map with only one majority-Black district, seemingly flouting the Supreme Courtā€™s decision that they provide more political representation for the stateā€™s Black residents.

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    1 year ago

    Also SCOTUS has been stacked to side with these people, but are taking plenty of heat for a while do this is for now, to prove theyā€™re not corrupt pieces of garbage, until the slow businessmenā€™s plot completes.