A federal court will choose a map that will likely result in an additional Black member of Congress.
A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama's congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse, July 18, 2023, in Montgomery. | Kim Chandler/AP PhotoThe Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down a win to Democrats by rejecting Alabama’s request to stop a court-driven mapmaking process that will likely result in an additional Black — and Democratic — member of Congress.
The lower-court three-judge panel had written that it was “deeply troubled” that lawmakers hadn’t drawn two majority-Black districts out of the state’s seven House seats. Tuesday’s ruling is part of a bigger legal fight over redistricting that could help decide who controls the House after next year’s election. Broader redistricting efforts could not only give Democrats a slight edge in their bid to reclaim the majority they lost in 2022 but also increase the number of Black members in their conference thanks to similar claims in other GOP-controlled Southern states.
Earlier this year, Alabama Republicans declined to draw a new map with two majority-Black districts and instead drew a map with just one majority-Black district. Alabama Republicans argued that they were complying with the law, saying the challengers did not prove the new maps violated the Voting Rights Act and that they were not compelled to draw a second majority-Black district despite the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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