A court caught Republicans discriminating against Black voters – here’s how

An Alabama case tests how much Republicans can legally dilute the power of Black voters

It has been called a textbook example of discrimination against Black voters in the US. And a ruling on it from the supreme court is expected any day.

It isn't the kind of explicit voting discrimination, like poll taxes and literacy tests, that kept voters from the polls in the south during the Jim Crow era. Instead, it is more subtle.