Alabama’s congressional district map, with six majority white districts out of seven, most likely violates the Voting Rights Act, the court ruled.
Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case speaks with reporters following oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in an Alabama congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population, the Associated Press reported.
“The Court affirms the District Court’s determination that plaintiffs demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of success on their claim that HB1 violates ,” the opinion says. “The District Court faithfully applied this Court’s precedents in concluding that HB1 likely violates .
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