Alabama Republicans ask Supreme Court to clear way for congressional map

Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to clear the way for a redrawn congressional map that would remove the state’s second majority-Black district and give Republicans a potential pickup opportunity in November. 

State Republicans insist the justices’ recent 6-3 blockbuster decision narrowing the Voting Rights Act means they should be able to move ahead with their map for the midterms. 

But on Tuesday, a three-judge panel blocked the design. They ruled it intentionally discriminates against Black voters in violation of the Constitution, and the justices’ decision didn’t change that. 

“Alabama, no different than Louisiana, may stick to its neutral political and policy goals. That’s not intentional racial discrimination,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s (R) office wrote in its Supreme Court........

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