David Wasserman: New Supreme Court Decision Will Net Democrats at Least Two Seats

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The Supreme Court's recent decision in Allen v. Milligan requires Alabama to draw a second Black-majority seat, effectively guaranteeing that Democrats will pick it up. But what does the ruling mean for other states in the region? David Wasserman explains.

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David Wasserman: [00:00:00] Hey, this is David Wasserman, House Editor of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, and this week we're taking a look at the fallout from the Supreme Court's somewhat surprising decision in Allen v Milligan, affirming a lower federal court's ruling that the Alabama congressional map passed by Republicans in 2021 violated section two of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the strength of Black voters. Now, this is a culmination of a years long effort by Democrats and civil rights groups to unpack heavily packed Black majority districts across the Deep South, and this is really a key decision and a turning point because for years there was kind of this odd bedfellows alliance between