Alabama Republicans are gearing up to defend the state's recently-passed congressional map in federal court, as Democrats and liberal activists argue that the state defied the Supreme Court by not including a second majority-Black district.
A three-judge panel will hear the case on Monday after challengers filed objections to Alabama's new map. The Supreme Court struck down the original map for discriminating against black voters, but liberal groups claim the redrawn map does not adhere to the high court's standards.Here's what to know about the Alabama redistricting debate and who is involved.The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in June that Alabama needed to redraw the map, saying it likely violated the Voting Rights Act.
"The 2023 Plan prioritizes the Black Belt to the fullest extent possible — even better than Plaintiffs’ alternatives — while still managing to preserve long-recognized communities of interest in the Gulf and Wiregrass. Plaintiffs cannot produce an alternative map with a second majority-black district without splitting at least two of those communities of interest,” the state wrote in court filings.
“Alabama’s new congressional map ignores this Court’s preliminary injunction order and instead perpetuates the Voting Rights Act violation that was the very reason that the Legislature redrew the map,” one group of challengers wrote.“Their objections boil down to one thing: the Legislature didn’t do enough to prioritize race over neutral principles and thereby ensure that Democrats can reliably win in at least two congressional districts in Alabama,” the state wrote via court documents.
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