Alabama flouted court orders to propose its latest congressional map. State Republicans then wanted the justices' help.
Without explanation from the court, we don't know its rationale, but we can assume that at least a majority of the justices, for now at least, weren't inclined to abide by the state's apparent defiance of court orders.In June
, the justices surprisingly ruled 5-4 against Alabama, upholding a lower court’s order to draw a second majority-Black congressional district or “something quite close.” Instead, Alabama Republicans doubled down, with a three-judge lower court panel — two of whom are Donald Trump appointees — saying it was “Rather than be chastened, the state then turned back to the high court, hoping that the tiebreaking vote in that June case, Justice, would flip.
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