The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to wipe away one of its two majority black congressional districts in this year’s elections.
The 6-3 ruling approved an emergency bid by Republican state officials to use the map, according to NBC News.
“Tonight’s decision is a major victory for Alabama and for the principle of self-governance,” state Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement.
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“The United States Supreme Court confirmed what we always knew: that Alabama’s Congressional maps are constitutional and lawful under the Voting Rights Act,” he said.
The order said the lower court that had ruled against the state “failed to follow our instruction in Callais that the mere fact that voters of different races vote for different parties is not relevant to proving racially polarized voting patterns.”
Louisiana v. Callais was the court decision that freed Louisiana from Voting Rights Act constraints in drawing the boundaries of
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