POLITICSTHE ATLANTIC
The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate
The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to proceed with a congressional redistricting map that diminishes Black voting power, defying previous court orders. The 5-4 decision, with an unsigned majority opinion, cited a failure by lower courts to follow instructions from the Court's April ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented, calling the decision a 'blow to the rule of law.'
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