Supreme Court Issues Controversial Ruling On Abortion Pill Access

Earlier this week, Alabama received approval from the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to move forward with a redistricting effort that could strengthen Republican prospects in two congressional districts currently represented by Democrats.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices vacated a lower court order that had required Alabama’s congressional map to contain two majority-black voting districts.

Those districts are currently represented by Reps. Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures, both Democrats.

The ruling follows the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which limited the use of race in congressional redistricting and struck down Louisiana’s map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Not surprisingly, left-wing Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in the Alabama ruling, multiple reports noted.