SCOTUS Tells District Mappers to Consider Race, But Not Too Much

The political upshot is that Democrats win, but what legislatures and courts are supposed to do with this "jurisprudence" is anybody's guess.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court decided its most politically salient of the term thus far, Allen v. Milligan, a challenge to Alabama’s latest round of congressional redistricting. By a 5-4 vote, the justices agreed with a special three-judge district court that Alabama’s map likely “dilutes” minority votes, prevent black Alabamiams from electing the “can…