PoliticsUS Supreme Court backs Black voters in civil rights suitPostedThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a major victory to Black voters who challenged a Republican-drawn electoral map in Alabama, finding the state violated a landmark law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting and paving the way for a second congressional district with a Black majority or close to it.
Zachary Goelman produced this report.
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