On the birdsite for #SCOTUS updates & saw this gem from Steve Vladeck on implications of Allen v. Milligan's decision that Alabama's redistricting likely violated the #VotingRightsAct
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1086_1co6.pdf
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No, because today's ruling was against a specific backdrop, outlining specific tests that may not have applied to any other state in the country.
It wasn't merely "make more majority-minority districts" but rather about applying existing precedent and tests for, for example, compactness that might have no application to those other cases.
The shadow docket didn't give Republicans control over the House. Voters did that.
