The outcome of Alabama’s voting map might rest with Kavanaugh – By Jordan Rubin (MSNBC) / Aug 2, 2023
In June, the justice cast the tiebreaking vote in favor of voting rights. Alabama Republicans might be banking on him going the other way.
With Alabama Republicans doubling down on their racially discriminatory congressional map after just losing at the Supreme Court, you might be wondering: What’s their plan (if they have one)?
That is, since the high court ruled against an illegal map of theirs in June, how could they expect to prevail by blowing off that ruling?
One possible answer: Brett Kavanaugh.
The Donald Trump-appointed justice cast the fifth vote in the 5-4 ruling in Allen v. Milligan, which truly was the surprise ruling of the term. But the reason I say he cast the tiebreaking vote is that he didn’t simply sign on to Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion, like the three Democratic appointees did.
