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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

‘A disservice to Black Alabamians’: Outrage as Supreme Court restores Alabama maps which discriminate against Black people

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In a 5-4 decision, the US Supreme Court has allowed Alabama’s Republican-dominated state legislature to keep its newly drawn congressional maps after a previous federal court ruling found that the maps discriminate against Black voters.

The justices said they would hear arguments in the case, teeing up another battle over the Voting Rights Act and the issue of racial gerrymandering on the high court’s docket.

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