How Alabama is defying the supreme court to discriminate against Black voters

In June, the US supreme court upheld a decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map - but state Republicans ignored the mandate

Just a few months ago, the US supreme court issued one of its most surprising rulings in recent memory.

In a 5-4 decision in Allen v Milligan, the court said Alabama's congressional map violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act because it diluted the influence of Black voters, who make up about a quarter of the state's population, but comprise a majority in just one of Alabama's congressional districts. The justices upheld a lower court's decision ordering Alabama to redraw its map to include two districts in which Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close to it".