Sotomayor Calls Out SCOTUS for Lying About Voting Rights in Alabama Redistricting Ruling

Slate argues that the Supreme Court’s 6–3 shadow-docket ruling allowing Alabama to erase a Black Democrat’s congressional district weakens voting-rights protections under the 14th Amendment, importing an almost impossible standard from Callais for proving discriminatory intent in redistricting. Justice Sotomayor’s dissent bluntly accuses the majority of lying about its commitment to multiracial democracy, signaling a new barrier to Black representation in voting-rights claims.