Supreme Court Keeps Backing GOP While Disclaiming Politics (1)

The US Supreme Court keeps bolstering Republicans, even as the justices insist they don’t play politics.

The latest move came Tuesday night, when the court said Alabama could eliminate a majority-Black congressional district and in all likelihood flip a US House seat to Republicans as they vie to keep control of Congress in the November midterms.

The four-page ruling, which drew a blistering dissent, expanded what was already a blockbuster April 29 decision rolling back use of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voters.

The decision made Alabama the fifth state where Republicans have won a Supreme ...