The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can’t use its congressional map with only one majority Black district, reasoning it was likely a discriminatory racial gerrymander that runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act.
The 5-4 ruling sends the issue back to the state to redraw its congressional map, which had been allowed to be used in the 2022 midterm elections.
The court found that the Black voters who challenged the map, arguing for a second majority Black district, provided other examples of how the state’s lines could be reasonably drawn. He was joined by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and the court’s three Democratic appointees: Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Black people make up 27% of Alabama’s population but are the majority in only one of the state’s seven House districts.The lower court directed the state to create a new map that has two majority-Black districts.
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