For those who are not aware.......... In a win for Black voters in redistricting case, Alabama to get new congressional lines https://apnews.com/article/supreme-...g-rights-act-114ba2e144d903efc77ad31fe40ee47f .........black voters and democracy in Al won. But not until after, much like George Wallace standing on the school house steps blocking the admission of black students, AL Repubs tried to stop blacks in AL from getting fair treatment. They refused to comply with court ruling, after court ruling, after court ruling, even by the SCOTUS, litigating the matter beyond any reasonable extent in the mold of Trumpery, to allow for a more fair congressional map to be utilized. Instead of passing a new map that does not dilute the voting power of Black voters, in January 2022, Alabama Republicans appealed to the Supreme Court, which stepped in to ensure that Alabamans voted under a likely illegal map in 2022. A month later, in a 5-4 order, theSupreme Court — via its shadow docket — paused the district court’s order requiring Alabama to draw a new congressional map and effectively ensured that Alabama voters would vote under an illegal map in 2022. In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, criticized the Court’s majority for pausing the decision without full briefing or argument, writing that the Supreme Court’s decision “does a disservice to Black Alabamians who under that precedent have had their electoral power diminished—in violation of a law this Court once knew to buttress all of American democracy.” As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, in 2022, Alabama voters voted under a likely illegal map — plain and simple. https://www.democracydocket.com/new...labama-has-a-fair-congressional-map-for-2024/ Unbelievably, they have vowed to fight the map again for the 2026 election.
