Today’s featured CRS article, “Allen v. Milligan: Supreme Court Holds That Alabama Redistricting Map Likely Violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,” gives information about a Supreme Court ruling regarding the redistricting of Alabama.
In the case, Alabama’s redistricting map was ruled as likely violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits any voting practice (including the shape of districts) from reducing the impact of or obstructing the votes of anyone “based on race, color, or membership in a language minority group.”
The report goes into the details of the case and the final ruling on it, explaining the arguments both in favor of and in opposition to the map in question.