Governor Kay Ivey signed a new law in Alabama to allow for revised House primaries. The move follows a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on Monday. The justices vacated a lower-court order that required the state to include two majority-black voting districts. Alabama officials argued the previous map was a racial gerrymander. The state told the Supreme Court that elections should be run based on "lawful policy goals, not race."

This decision follows a similar ruling in Louisiana. It creates a path for Republicans to seize an additional U.S. House seat. The high court has effectively weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In Louisiana, more than 128,000 votes had already been cast early. Governor Jeff Landry canceled that race after the court threw out the map. The state Senate will discuss a new map on Friday. This is the Hollow State in action. The courts allow the ruling party to delete districts; they do this just weeks before the primary. The goal is clear: partisan control of a closely divided chamber.