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Judge rejects challenge to block new GOP-favored House map in Tennessee
A three-judge panel ruled the Republican-backed map intentionally discriminated against Black voters, requiring Alabama to use a court-ordered map with two majority-Black districts instead.
- On Tuesday, a three-judge federal panel blocked Alabama's plan to use a new GOP-backed congressional map, issuing a preliminary injunction that requires the state to continue using a 2024 court-ordered map with two Black-majority districts instead of one.
- After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana and weakened the Voting Rights Act, Alabama officials moved to implement a 2023 state-drawn map despite a prior court order requiring two districts where Black voters comprise a majority or close to it.
- Gov. Kay Ivey had set Aug. 11 special primaries using the new map, but during a seven-hour Friday hearing, judges questioned state lawyers about the timeline, writing that switching districts would require 'an expensive, aggressive, and perhaps logistically impossible voter reassignment effort.'
- Alabama could appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, though Rep. Shomari Figures said the decision is 'a significant step in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go before this fight is settled.'
- The redistricting push extends beyond Alabama as part of President Donald Trump's effort to hold Republicans' slim House majority; since Trump urged Texas to redraw districts last summer, about a half-dozen Republican-led states have enacted new voting maps facing legal challenges.
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Every ten years in the U.S., the constituencies are re-cut. Republicans and Democrats often use the process to gain benefits. In the state of Alabama, the party of President Trump suffers a slump in court with its constituency plan.
Federal Court Blocks Alabama's GOP-Backed Redistricting Efforts
A federal appeals court has ruled against Alabama Republicans, preventing them from reverting to a congressional map favorable to the GOP. This decision maintains two majority-Black districts ahead of the upcoming elections. The post Federal Court Blocks Alabama’s GOP-Backed Redistricting Efforts appeared first on News Addicts.
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