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Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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Alabama Republicans are poised to pass new congressional district maps that ignore a Supreme Court order to create a second majority-Black district. The proposed maps include a district that is only 42% Black in the House plan and 38% Black in the Senate plan, which voting rights groups say would not give Black voters a real chance to elect candidates of their choice. Plaintiffs who challenged the original maps as a violation of the Voting Rights Act plan to fight the new maps in court as well, arguing that Alabama Republicans are intentionally drawing maps that disenfranchise Black voters in defiance of the Supreme Court order. The new maps have drawn national attention, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reaching out to Alabama legislators to discuss how the maps could impact control of Congress.

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[–] circularfish@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought we settled this shit in 1865.

[–] PostmodernPythia@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

1869 at the latest (Texas v. White)

[–] APassenger@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not even a little.

There was th Civil War and white folk got to pretend shit was settled while back folk knew better. Took until the 60s for things to start to shake up and even then White's weren't sure they should support something like requiring equal treatment.

Then we got the Voting Rights Act Then SCOTUS, in recent years, decided we didn't need that anymore. People are legitimately surprise the Court decided this way. Recent rulings have been a constant erosion.

[–] circularfish@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No doubt. I was thinking about Southern ‘patriots’ deciding they can ignore the federal government when it suits them. But to your point, they had to send in marshals just so little kids could go to school, and that happened in living memory so … yeah.