Alabama Republicans, despite Supreme Court ruling, reject call for second majority Black House district
Alabama Republicans, despite Supreme Court ruling, reject call for second majority Black House district
Lawmakers must adopt a new map after the high court in June affirmed a three-judge panel's ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map likely violated the Voting Rights Act.
Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map testing the judges’ directive.
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What is the next step in challenging this? Can they continue ue to do this indefinitely? It's amazing that there is no real enforcement to an order from the Supreme Court. Republicans want it both ways... Use their packed court to force unpopular opinions on everyone else and ignore any rulings they don't like. This is fucked
It's up to the other branches (typically the executive branch) to enforce Supreme Court rulings. Back in the day, when states were way more independent, that'd probably mean mobilizing the National Guard. Nowadays, all the Federal gov has to do is withhold federal subsidies and any state (especially Alabama) will cave quickly.