The 5–4 decision is a huge victory for multi-racial democracy that sends a scathing message to red state lawmakers.
The district court found these conditions satisfied, and Roberts agreed, writing that the court “faithfully applied our precedents” to reach sound “legal conclusions.” That conclusion needs little explanation based on the facts relayed above; it is painfully clear that Alabama’s overarching goal was to minimize Black voters’ ability to elect their preferred representative.
First, it simply has zero basis in the text of Section 2, and was created out of whole cloth by conservative lawyers who want to maximize white voting power in their state. Second, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jacksonstates to consider race when drawing districts to ensure that they did not lock out racial minorities. “Racial considerations” are appropriate, the chief justice explained, so long as they do not “predominate” map-drawing.
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