Alabama’s racist redistricting, GOP officials, and right-wing Supreme Court tied together by dark money

Republican officials in Alabama and the GOP-majority state legislature are coordinating with extreme right-wing groups and think tanks at the national level to undermine the Voting Rights Act and defy court orders when it comes to racist redistricting.

That is according to an investigation released by the Alabama Political Reporter (APR). The outlet’s damning report also spotlights the seemingly bottomless corruption of the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court majority and its connections to a vast dark money network.

The U.S. Supreme Court, to the surprise of many, ruled in favor of the three-judge lower District Court that found the Alabama congressional redistricting map illegally denied a second majority African American district based on Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which outlaws voting practices that discriminate based on race. The Alabama legislature then openly defied the courts by adopting the same racist gerrymandered map again.

When Republican Gov. Kay Ivey okayed the “redrawn” map, she stated, “The Legislature knows our state, our people, and our districts better than the federal courts or activist groups, and I am pleased that they answered the call, remained focused, and produced new districts ahead of…