Allen v. Milligan
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Section 2 Voting Rights Act case
United States Supreme Court case
redistricting case
voting rights case
Allen v. Milligan is a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed and strengthened protections against racial vote dilution in redistricting under the Voting Rights Act.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Allen v. Milligan canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Section 2 Voting Rights Act case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ redistricting case ⓘ voting rights case ⓘ |
| aroseFrom | Alabama congressional redistricting ⓘ |
| citation | 599 U.S. ___ (2023) ⓘ |
| concerns |
congressional districting
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racial vote dilution ⓘ |
| concernsSection | Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ |
| concernsStatute | Voting Rights Act of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decisionDate | 2023-06-08 ⓘ |
| defendant | Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissentingJustice |
Amy Coney Barrett
NERFINISHED
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Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil M. Gorsuch NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 21-1086 ⓘ |
| effect |
preserved the core framework of Section 2 vote-dilution claims
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strengthened protections against racial vote dilution in redistricting ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
Alabama must create a second majority-Black or near-majority-Black congressional district or something close to it
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Alabama’s 2021 congressional map likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ⓘ Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act applies to claims of racial vote dilution in redistricting ⓘ |
| issue |
whether Alabama’s congressional map unlawfully diluted Black voting strength
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whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires creation of an additional majority-Black district in Alabama ⓘ |
| joinedMajorityJustice |
Brett M. Kavanaugh
NERFINISHED
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Elena Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ketanji Brown Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalTestApplied | Gingles preconditions ⓘ |
| lowerCourtDisposition | three-judge district court preliminarily enjoined Alabama’s congressional map ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | John G. Roberts Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatingCourt | United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plaintiffGroup | Black voters in Alabama ⓘ |
| reaffirmedPrecedent |
Section 2 vote-dilution jurisprudence
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Thornburg v. Gingles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejectedArgument |
that Section 2 is unconstitutional as applied to redistricting
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that Section 2 requires race-neutral redistricting benchmarks only ⓘ |
| relatedAreaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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election law ⓘ |
| relatedConstitutionalProvision |
Fifteenth Amendment
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Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsequentImpact |
influenced redistricting litigation in other states
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prompted Alabama to redraw its congressional map ⓘ |
| SupremeCourtDisposition | affirmed the district court’s judgment ⓘ |
| term | October Term 2022 ⓘ |
| voteSplit | 5-4 ⓘ |
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