[20220222]LSB10699_最高法院同意听取投票权法案对国会重新划分地图的质疑并维持下级法院的裁决：对国会的影响.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Voting Rights Act Challenge to Congressional Redistricting Map and Stays Lower Court Ruling: Implications for Congress February 22, 2022 The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a significant case challenging an Alabama congressional redistricting map under the Voting Rights Act (VRA). On February 7, in the consolidated case Merrill v. Milligan, the Court stayed lower court preliminary injunctions that would have required, among other things, Alabama to revise its congressional redistricting map to create a second majority-Black district. As the Court is not expected to hear oral argument in this case until the October 2022 term, the 2022 congressional elections in Alabama will likely occur under the existing map. This Legal Sidebar discusses Section 2 of the VRA in the context of redistricting; the lower court rulings, and the Supreme Court stay; and concludes with an analysis of possible implications of this case for Congress. Section 2 of the VRA Congressional district boundaries in every state are required to comply with Section 2 of the VRA, codified at