The Alabama Republicans are working hard at doing something they shouldn’t be doing in BROAD DAYLIGHT against Black Folks in 2023 ….
A federal court blocked a newly-drawn Alabama congressional map because it didn’t create a second majority-Black district, as the Supreme Court had ordered earlier this year.
In a unanimous decision from a three-judge panel, which had overseen the case before it reached the Supreme Court, the judges wrote that they were “disturbed” by Alabama’s actions in the case.
“We are deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said federal law requires,” the judges, two of whom were appointed by former President Donald Trump, wrote.
The judges ordered a special master to submit three proposed maps that would create a second Black-majority district by September 25….
Source on this Breaking story that is Good news for Black’s in Alabama and House Democrats…
Disgraceful,but not surprising.
A bunch of Republicans defy a federal court order affirmed by “ their” Supreme Court.
So much for “ law and order.”
Alabama files emergency appeal with Supreme Court in redistricting case
..The filing comes hours after a three-judge panel denied the state’s request to pause their decision on its congressional map.
The three-judge panel said in its ruling that the new map doesn’t comply with the Supreme Court’s directive, resulting in a court-appointed official instead drawing the redistricting lines for the 2024 cycle.
The judges also wrote that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall will “likely lose on appeal” in the case, after Marshall signaled that the state will appeal the case back to the Supreme Court.
“The Secretary has lost three times already, and one of those losses occurred on appeal,” the judges wrote in their ruling. “We have twice enjoined a plan that includes only one majority-Black or Black-opportunity district on the grounds that it likely dilutes the votes of Black Alabamians in violation of Section Two of the Voting Rights Act….
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They REALLY do NOT want their Black folks to have proper representation in the US House…
Gee, I just wonder what’s motivating these Republicans? “Fair maps”? “Citizens concerns”? Garbage, all of it.
Indeed…….
Spinning their wheels in their own world…….