Alabama Violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act for Black Americans in 2022

The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama discriminated against Black voters when it drew its seven congressional districts last year.The ruling against Alabama in the case Allen v. Milligan means the state will have to redraw its congressional map to accommodate Black voters by including a second majority-Black district for next year’s elections. The case stemmed from challenges to Alabama’s seven-district congressional map, which included one district in which Black voters formed a large enough majority that they have the power to elect their preferred candidate. The challengers said that one district is not enough to represent them, pointing out that Alabama’s population is approximately 27% Black.In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts joined Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson, and Kavanaugh in delivering the opinion, which said that a lower court had correctly concluded that the map drawn for the 2022 congressional elections violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.Thank you for listening, text us a message.Support the show