Supreme Court Rejects Alabama's One Majority-Black District Congressional Map, Calls for Redrawing to Better Represent Black Voters

The Supreme Court has rejected Alabama Republicans' bid to use a congressional map with just one majority-Black district, marking their second defeat in three months. The court refused emergency requests to block lower court rulings that invalidated the new map, which was thrown out for not including an additional majority-Black district as required by the Voting Rights Act. The decision could prompt Alabama to reconsider its resistance to providing equal political opportunities to Black Alabamians. A new map with a second majority-Black district could benefit Democrats in their bid to win control of the House of Representatives.