Top "Political" Story For The Day -- Voting Rights -- January 8, 2023

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All I needed to know:

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh aligned with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama congressional map with one majority Black seat out of seven congressional districts in a state where more than one in four residents is Black.

The state now will have to draw a new map for next year’s elections. 

The vote:

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case from Alabama, with two conservative justices joining liberals in rejecting a Republican-led effort to weaken a landmark voting rights law.

Finally.

Coming, seven congressional districts:

• one for conservative white males
• one for Blacks -- term used by the AP 
• one for white feminists
• one for LGBTQ+
• one for "old money" Alabamians
• one for Crimson Tide football players
  
• one for pets