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Supreme Court clears way for Alabama to adopt new House map
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a mandate in Alabama requiring the state to use a congressional map with two majority-Black districts. Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley joins to discuss his opposition to "racial gerrymandering."
What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, Supreme Court clears way for Alabama to adopt new House map, The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a mandate in Alabama requiring the state to use a congressional map with two majority-Black districts. Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley joins to discuss his opposition to “racial gerrymandering.”
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- Supreme Court clears way for Alabama to adopt new House mapCBS News - 2026-05-12T00:20:57+00:00
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