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The Supreme Court reinstated a voting map for congressional elections in Alabama that a lower court said diluted the power of Black voters.

Monday, February 7, 2022 5:51 PM EST

The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the court's three liberal members in dissent.

The Supreme Court's brief order, which included no reasoning, was provisional, staying a lower court's decision while the case moves forward. The justices said they would hear Alabama's appeal of the lower court's ruling, but they did not say when.

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