Alabama appeals to Supreme Court to keep congressional map with single Black-majority district
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Alabama's Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall has filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking to use a congressional map that creates only one Black-majority district out of seven, despite a previous Supreme Court ruling that found the map likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting power. The appeal comes after a three-judge panel refused to allow the state to use the map adopted three years ago. The case represents the latest chapter in the ongoing redistricting battle following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling last month that struck down the state's previous map for racial discrimination.
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· 2 pulledAttorney General Steve Marshall told the court that the state did not intentionally discriminate against Black residents and should be allowed to hold elections this year under a map chosen by lawmakers, not judges.
The appeal is the latest development in the fallout from last month's Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Black-majority district in
The state's Republican leadership filed an emergency appeal with the justices a day after a three-judge court refused to let the state use a map it adopted three years ago that has a majority Black population in just one of its seven congressional distric
