Over the last month culminating on Friday, the United States Supreme Court has been making some pretty milestone decisions.

The first was a landmark decision about Congressional voting lines, which came straight from a case in Alabama. In our state, the population is 27% Black; however, there is only one congressional district out of seven with a Black majority. With this new decision, the congressional lines must be redrawn so Alabama has at least two Black-majority districts. With the conservative leanings of the Supreme Court, I really considered this a win for Alabama and for the country.

Lizi Arbogast Gwin is the managing editor of Tallapoosa Publishers.