Alabama Republicans feared the loss of one congressional seat.
In its first decision on this decade’s congressional redistricting, the Supreme Court on Monday sided with Alabama’s Republicans and blocked the creation of a new Black-majority district in the state.
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said in a concurring opinion that the state should not be forced to redraw its districts within a few weeks, as required by the lower court.“Late judicial tinkering with election laws can lead to disruption and to unanticipated and unfair consequences for candidates, political parties and voters, among others,” he wrote in Merrill vs. Milligan.
The judges told Alabama lawmakers to redraw the map of congressional districts or they would appoint an expert to redraw them.
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