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Jessica Corbett

Alabama ignores SCOTUS racist map ruling

Voters in Alabama are preparing for another legal battle after the state's GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved new congressional districts that critics say defy a surprising recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court.

The latest map "is really a slap in the face, not only to Black Alabamians but to the Supreme Court," state Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-103, asserted during a floor debate this week, according to ABC News.

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