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Nina Totenberg

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of an Alabama voting rights decision. (Al Drago/Getty Images)

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to block enforcement of an Alabama voting rights decision that the high court issued just months ago.

In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act because, in a state with seven congressional districts and a 27% Black population, the GOP-dominated legislature had created just one congressional district in which Black voters are either a majority or close to it.

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