"Supreme Court to Rule on Alabama's Defiance of Voting Rights Decisions and Redistricting Battle"

The Supreme Court will decide whether Alabama can openly defy its previous order to redraw its racially gerrymandered congressional map. In June, the Court ordered Alabama to include a second district where Black voters could elect their representative of choice. However, Alabama responded with overt defiance, drawing a new map that still only includes one district where Black voters are likely to elect their chosen representative. Alabama's latest brief to the Court focuses on the allocation of voters in the state's "Black Belt" region, rather than addressing the constitutional argument. There is a chance that Alabama could prevail in its request due to the Supreme Court's record of hostility toward the Voting Rights Act.