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Black representation in Alabama tested before Supreme Court

The Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Ala., is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Hank Sanders discusses the 1960s civil rights movement on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Selma, Ala. Sanders, a former Democratic state senator who 20 years ago helped draw the map with one minority district, acknowledged that there is a risk that with two congressional districts that, “you could end up losing both” depending on how they are drawn. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) The Rev. Benjamin Jones, who leads the St. James Missionary Baptist Church in rural Montgomery County, talks about voter redistricting on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Khadidah Stone speaks during an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. Stone is among voters and advocacy groups who filed a lawsuit challenging the redistricting that splits Montgomery between two congressional districts. The lawsuit will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Evan Milligan, left, talks during an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. Milligan is among voters and advocacy groups who filed a lawsuit challenging the redistricting that splits Montgomery between two congressional districts. The lawsuit will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Hank Sanders discusses the 1960s civil rights movement on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Selma, Ala. Sanders, a former Democratic state senator who 20 years ago helped draw the map with one minority district, acknowledged that there is a risk that with two congressional districts that, “you could end up losing both” depending on how they are drawn. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Evan Milligan, right, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. Milligan is among voters and advocacy groups who filed a lawsuit challenging the redistricting that splits Montgomery between two congressional districts. The lawsuit will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Hank Sanders discusses the 1960s civil rights movement on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Selma, Ala. Sanders, a former Democratic state senator who 20 years ago helped draw the map with one minority district, acknowledged that there is a risk that with two congressional districts that, “you could end up losing both” depending on how they are drawn. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Evan Milligan pauses during an interview with the Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. Milligan is among voters and advocacy groups who filed a lawsuit challenging the redistricting that splits Montgomery between two congressional districts. The lawsuit will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) Khadidah Stone stands on the dividing line between her old Alabama congressional District 7, to her right with River City Church, and her new district, District 2, to her left, in downtown Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The line splits Montgomery between two congressional districts and is the subject of a high-stakes case that will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)