“The Legislature knows our state, our people and our districts better than the federal courts or activist groups,” wrote Gov.
In a hearing last month, the three judges on the lower-court panel couldn’t quite believe it when Alabama came back with a map with only a single majority-Black district.
Alabama knew full well that it would lose this case and that a second majority-Black district would inevitably be created over its opposition.
They didn’t want to appear that they were knuckling under to the power of the federal government.
They wanted the court to do it, and they wanted the public to understand that it was the court’s doing.
Persons:
—, ”, Kay Ivey, Roberts, Terry Moorer
Organizations:
Federal, Court, Alabama, Republican
Locations:
Alabama, Black, “, State, Northern Alabama