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Court rejects Ala. congressional map for failing to add 2nd district for Black voters (abcnews.go.com)
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Alabama's Republican-drafted congressional map was struck down on Tuesday for not creating a second district with sufficient Black representation

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fortunately, that's not the case:

Court-appointed experts will now draw a new map for the 2024 elections.

Of course, it depends on if an appeal changes that...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Case is on the way to the SCOTUS though who may yet step in and do something heinous, political, and stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. The best outcome would probably be they refuse to hear it and the ruling stands as-is. Not sure the odds of that, though, but they did uphold the earlier ruling by the district court on this case... (don't think that gives much hope for the future, unfortunately)