US EditionJudges weigh preclearance requirement for Alabama congressional plans
ALABAMA, JUL 29 – Federal judges reviewed whether Alabama must submit future congressional maps to federal approval after courts found intentional dilution of Black voters' power, despite state opposition.
- A three-judge panel heard arguments on August 2025 about whether Alabama must submit its 2030 congressional map for federal preclearance.
- The hearing follows Alabama lawmakers' intentional defiance of a court order to create a second majority-Black district and prior rulings blocking discriminatory maps.
- Plaintiffs argued Alabama repeatedly resisted fair maps and violated court orders, while state officials claimed preclearance is an extraordinary remedy not warranted here.
- Deuel Ross said Alabama showed a pattern of evading the law by submitting new violative maps, and Judge Moorer remarked that predicting future behavior depends on past actions.
- The court must decide if preclearance is needed for maps after the 2030 Census or if plaintiffs can sue again if future maps violate the Voting Rights Act.
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Federal judges appear split on Alabama redistricting oversight
The entrance to Robert S. Vance Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on July 29, 2025. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector)A panel of federal judges seemed split Tuesday on whether Alabama’s past resistance to a congressional map giving Black voters a better chance of electing their preferred leaders should subject the state to judicial review of future maps. The three-judge panel — U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, appointed by former President B…
Judges weigh preclearance requirement for Alabama congressional plans
Federal judges on Tuesday sharply questioned lawyers on a request to make Alabama subject again to the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after courts ruled the state intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents.
Judges Weigh Preclearance Requirement for Alabama Congressional Plans
Federal judges on Tuesday sharply questioned lawyers on a request to make Alabama subject again to the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after courts ruled the state intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents.
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