A slate of federal judges just forbade Alabama from using its current congressional map in 2024.
They ruled that state legislators defied a district court and the Supreme Court's previous orders.
Now, an independent special master and cartographer will draw a map with 2 majority-Black districts.
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AdvertisementAdvertisement"We have no reason to believe that allowing the Legislature still another opportunity to draw yet another map will yield a map that includes an additional opportunity district," the judges wrote.
Persons:
—, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump —, Richard Allen, David Ely, Wes Allen
Organizations:
Service, Democratic, State, Alabama, New York Times
Locations:
Alabama, Wall, Silicon, Black, reconvene