A protest sign outside Alabama’s statehouse on May 7.Kim Chandler/AP
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In a stunning act of political partisanship, the Roberts Court on Monday night discarded its own precedents to green-light a last-ditch effort by Alabama to use a gerrymandered congressional map for the 2026 midterms. The move, which comes less than two weeks after the court destroyed the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais, will reduce Black representation.
Monday’s 6-3 order, divided along partisan lines, shows how Republican-controlled states
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