Selma residents react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Alabama congressional districts
People in Selma are commending the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling against the Alabama’s congressional maps because they say they discriminated against Black voters.
Federal judges have ruled that Alabama intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents when it redrew congressional lines and said the state must continue using a court-ordered map that led to the election of the state’s second Black congressman.
People in Selma are commending the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling against the Alabama’s congressional maps because they say they discriminated against Black voters.