A panel of three federal judges has struck down Alabama’s latest map of congressional election districts for not following a court order to comply with the landmark Voting Rights Act.
In an order released Tuesday, the judges said they are “deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said federal law requires.”
"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order declaring that its electoral plan unlawfully dilutes minority votes and requiring a plan that provides an additional opportunity district — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district," said U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco and U.S. District Judge Terry Moorer. "The law requires the creation of an additional district that affords Black Alabamians, like everyone else, a fair and reasonable opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. The 2023 Plan plainly fails to do so."
I kind of like how a different source wrote an important paragraph:
The ruling is the second time the court has thrown out a congressional plan enacted by the Republican-controlled state legislature, and the three-judge panel wrote that it saw little reason to give lawmakers a third chance. Instead, a court-appointed special master will be tasked with drawing a new map ahead of next year’s election.
Alabama state legislature learning the hard way about FAFO. 🤣🤣
Conservatives will ignore the court-issued map. I guarantee it.
Conservatives do not respect court orders. Conservatives must be physically forced to comply with the law, and we should expect physical resistance when they have a temper tantrum.
Conservatism has absolutely no place in a modern society.
While they would if they could as they have already shown, I’m pretty sure this goes above their heads. I could be wrong and please someone correct me if so, but a special master’s map if implemented is not subject to the legislatures’ approval as that would largely defeat the purpose.
The state government still physically administers elections. If the state chooses to ignore the court’s orders, there’s nothing the Federal government could do to force the election to be free and fair short of sending in the military to run it directly.
2024’s election is gonna be lit!!
racists will throw their own children into fire
Honestly, it’s about time we start seeing the #GOP have some political repercussions for their decision to embrace #fascism.