A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps

The Associated Press quoted Shawn Donahue in a story reporting that while it has been more than three months since a Supreme Court redistricting ruling that gave hope to Black voters, maps that could produce more districts represented by Black lawmakers still do not exist. Donahue said the Supreme Court could put a quick end to the delays and “summarily affirm” the decision of a lower court panel that rejected the latest Alabama congressional map. That map continued to provide just one majority Black district out of seven in a state where Black residents comprise 27% of the population. “You could have some of [the justices] just kind of say — ‘You know what, I didn’t agree, but that’s what the ruling was,’ ” Donahue said.