No Need to Racially Gerrymander Electoral Map, Alabama Tells Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court then-nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is seen during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 29, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Alabama defended its redrawn electoral map before the Supreme Court on Oct. 4, arguing that the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) doesn’t require the state to racially gerrymander districts to guarantee black representation in the state’s congressional delegation.

The hearing came after a flurry of activity in the legal dispute.