A federal court has approved Alabama’s new congressional map that creates a second majority-Black district. The decision ends a legal battle, including a Supreme Court ruling, over whether the state was diluting the political power of Black voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling could influence decisions over map challenges in Florida, Louisiana and Georgia.

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