Trump-appointed Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh voted with the majority in a surprise 5-4 Supreme Court ruling upholding an Alabama district court ruling that struck down a Republican voting district map, SCOTUSblog reports. Chief Justice John Roberts also joined associate justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elana Kagan and Ketanji Brown-Jackson in Allen v. Caster. Scroll down for more details in the center column.

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