The U.S. Supreme Court is considering Alabama's request for an emergency stay in the redistricting case.
Lawyers for the state, meanwhile, are hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will grant their request for an emergency stay to block the three-judge court’s order. The state’s lawyers, Attorney General Steve Marshall and Solicitor General Edmund LaCour, say the map passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature in July complies with the Voting Rights Act.
The decisions expected this week could help determine the outcome for a dispute that started two years ago. The key issue is whether Alabama’s congressional map, with one majority Black district out of seven, dilutes the influence of Black voters in a state where one-fourth of residents are Black.that a map passed by the GOP-led Legislature in 2021 likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
The judges, Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus and District Judges Anna Manasco and Terry Moorer, said the Legislature’s decision not to create a second opportunity district for Black voters was the deciding point in the case. But lawyers for the state, in their request to the Supreme Court for an emergency stay, said the map passed in July fixes problems with the 2021 map that were key issues in the previous rulings, including keeping the Black Belt whole to the extent possible and making Montgomery County whole within the new District 2. They said the plan follows redistricting principles and protects communities of interest in the Black Belt, the Gulf Coast, and the Wiregrass.
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