Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map favoring Republicans in upcoming elections

The Supreme Court has permitted Alabama to utilize a congressional map that favors Republicans in the state's upcoming elections, overturning a lower court's decision that deemed the plan discriminatory against Black voters. This ruling will be in effect for this year's elections, marking a significant win for Republicans in the ongoing redistricting battles across the country. The justices were divided 6-3 along ideological lines, lifting an injunction that had blocked the map, which was devised by Alabama's GOP-led legislature in 2023.