Alabama asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a Republican-drawn congressional map, saying the state doesn’t have to create a second near-majority Black district even after losing a high court ruling earlier this year.
The request aims to reopen a Supreme Court fight over the Voting Rights Act, the 1965 law that protects the rights of Black voters. In a 5-4 ruling in June, the high court upheld a lower court decision that said the state needed to create a second district in which Black voters can elect the candidate of their choice.
