Supreme Court orders Alabama to draw second Black-majority congressional district in Allen v. Milligan

The Supreme Court rules 5-4 in Allen v. Milligan on June 08, 2023, ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map to include a second district giving Black voters meaningful representation. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh join the three liberal justices to uphold the lower court's finding that Alabama's 2021 congressional map — which packed most of the state's Black population into a single district — violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling is widely seen as a temporary reprieve for Section 2 redistricting claims. Alabama refuses to comply with the ruling and draws a second map that still fails to create a majority-Black district, triggering further court orders.