Alabama Asks SCOTUS to Allow Partisan Congressional Map

On Wednesday, Alabama officials asked the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to let the state use a pro-Republican congressional map erasing one of its two ​districts where Black voters comprise a majority or near-majority, as President Donald Trump's party fights to keep control of Congress in November's midterm elections.

The request followed a lower court's decision on Tuesday to block the latest effort by state officials to put in place a redrawn map that aims to flip a U.S. House of Representatives district currently held by a Black Democratic congressman to the Republicans.

Black voters typically support Democratic candidates. Republicans are defending narrow majorities in the House and Senate in the midterms.

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