Alabama GOP Defies Supreme Court Order to Pass Maps Empowering Black Voters
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The Republican-controlled Alabama state legislature is set to defy a mandate from the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts by passing a new congressional map that will only include one majority-Black district. After the last census, Alabama passed new maps that “packed” Black voters in the state within a single district. A federal court ruled last year that the map in question was unfair...