WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears open to making it harder to create majority Black electoral districts. That’s what came across during arguments Tuesday in an Alabama case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the United States. At issue are lawsuits to create a second Black majority congressional district, in what’s the latest showdown over the landmark Voting Rights Act. Some of the conservative justices seemed sympathetic to Alabama’s arguments that the court should insist on a “race-neutral” approach to redistricting and should make it harder for people claiming racial discrimination in voting to clear an early legal hurdle.
Justices mull latest challenge to landmark voting rights law
