Supreme Court Unblocks Alabama's Racially Discriminatory Map, Drawing Dissent from Justice Sotomayor
The Supreme Court has lifted a stay on an older Alabama electoral map, a move that is expected to dilute the voting power of Black citizens and potentially eliminate at least one Democratic district. This decision was made on the shadow docket, with the majority offering no explanation for their reasoning. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, issued a strong dissent. Sotomayor highlighted the majority's apparent contradiction, noting that Justice Samuel Alito had previously insisted that the Court's decision in *Allen v. Milligan*, which concerned the Alabama map, remained valid. She argued that the constitutional finding of intentional discrimination in the Alabama map is independent of other legal issues and that vacating the stay is inappropriate, as it will cause confusion as Alabamians prepare to vote in upcoming elections. The original *Allen v. Milligan* case, decided just three years prior, found the Alabama map to be unconstitutional due to racial disc... 
