Court rejects Alabamas congressional map again for diluting power of Black voters

Hansi Lo Wang, NPR:

Well, now that map has been struck down, the court has appointed experts to come up with three proposals, three potential new maps, congressional maps for the state of Alabama.

And those proposals are due later this month. And the judges will eventually review those maps. And the — all the sides in the case will be able to bring up any objections. And there might be a hearing in early October. And, ultimately, the court is going to decide which map ends up being used for next year, the 2024 elections.

But there might be a potential complication here, because the state of Alabama has also said that it's planning to appeal this ruling by the three-judge court to the U.S. Supreme Court. And so there could be a request here that we're expecting soon from the state of Alabama asking the Supreme Court to pause the lower court's ruling.

That could potentially pause this mapmaking process by these court-appointed experts and potentially a review by the Supreme Court. But something to keep in mind is that this Alabama case has already been reviewed, has already been weighed in by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court weighed in, in June and issued a ruling upholding this lower court's ruling, calling for this additional district that would give Black Alabamians realistic opportunity to elect their preferred candidates for the U.S. House.

So, it's really an open question whether the Supreme Court would be willing to revisit this case again, and we will have to see what happens.

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