Supreme Court Rejects Alabama's Congressional Map

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Court ruled yesterday, it won't reinstate Alabama's Republican drawn congressional map. Now the GOP backed map only included one majority black district. This means in Alabama where 27% of its residents are black, there would only be one district where black residents would be able to cast their vote. In June. Supreme Court justices also struck down another GOP proposed congressional map which also did not include a second majority black district. Yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court paves the way for a new congressional district map to be drawn before the 2024 presidential election.