Court rules Alabama congressional map intentionally discriminated against Black voters

Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black residents when the state disobeyed court orders to draw a second Black-majority congressional district. 

A three-judge panel said the congressional map drawn by the 2023 Alabama Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act. The judges, which ruled against the state twice before and put a new map in place for last year’s elections, have permanently blocked Alabama from using the state-drawn map. 

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