US Supreme Court refuses to hear Alabama’s request to keep separate and unequal political districts

US Supreme Court refuses to hear Alabama’s request to keep separate and unequal political districts

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Oct 4, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesFor the second time in three months, the U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed Alabama’s attempts to advance its legislature’s congressional maps that federal courts have ruled harm Black voters. The court had first rejected the maps in its stunning June 8, 2023, decision that upheld the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But in …