Kaelan Deese is a Supreme Court reporter for the Washington Examiner covering the latest happenings at the nation's highest court and the legal issues surrounding Second Amendment rights, abortion, and religious liberties. He previously wrote breaking news as a fellow for the Hill during the 2020 election cycle. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications program in 2019. Follow Kaelan on X at @KaelanDC.
A federal court-appointed special master picked a new congressional map for Alabama with an additional black-majority district, which likely will result in the addition of a Democratic member to the state's delegation.
The new map is a product of a federal court panel of judges that twice found the lines drawn by the Republican-controlled legislature likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diminishing the power of black voters. The decision by a special master means these lines will likely be used for the 2024 election, despite vows to challenge them in the future from Republican lawmakers.
Republicans in the state lost a bid to keep their map at the Supreme Court earlier this year and made a bid to challenge the district court's judgment that was upheld by the justices in a 5-4 vote.Last month, the Supreme Court held without issuing a new written opinion that the new lines did not meet the requirements put in place by the district court panel.
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