Supreme Court lifts block on Alabama Republicans’ map

The Supreme Court on Monday wiped out a decision blocking Alabama Republicans’ congressional map, potentially allowing it to be used for the midterms in the wake of the justices’ recent blockbuster ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act.The design would remove one of Alabama’s two majority-Black districts and give Republicans a better shot at winning the seat held by Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures.

The order drew the public dissents of the court’s three liberal justices, who insist Republicans’ map should remain blocked for a standalone reason unaffected by the decision.

“Vacatur is thus inappropriate and will cause only confusion as Alabamians begin to vote in the elections scheduled for next week,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

No other justice publicly disclosed their vote or explained their decision.

It adds to the blitz of redistricting activity as states’ primaries fast approach and begin locking in their maps for this........

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