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Supreme Court hears Alabama voting rights case

Por: CBS News Politics October 04, 2022

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing arguments in a high-stakes Alabama redistricting case that could determine the ability of minority voters to use Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to argue their electoral power has been diminished.At issue in the case, Merrill v. Milligan, is the map drawn by Alabama in 2021 for its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Currently, only one district is majority-Black, even though... + full article



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