The state had snubbed the Supreme Courts order a surprise decision in June that the maps should be redrawn . White voters currently make up the majority in six of the states seven congressional districts although of the state’s population is Black . The new map approved by Alabamas Republicandominated legislature and signed into law by GOP Gov. Kay Ivey in July created only one majorityBlack district and boosted the share of Black voters in a second district from roughly to nearly . The office of Alabama Attorney General Steven Marshall a Republican said the state would appeal Tuesdays decision to the nations high court . This redistricting battle and separate pending litigation over congressional maps in states such as Georgia and Florida could determine which party controls the US House of Representatives after next years elections . Republicans currently hold a razorthin majority in the chamber. Republicans control all statewide offices in Alabama and all but all but one congressional congressional district is represented by Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell the single congressional district . The single congressional congressional seat is the states first woman . The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama which has been fighting the case praised the ruling . The ACLU of Alabama said it hopes to appeal Tuesday’s decision to appeal the decision to remove the state from the nation’s congressional districts . The court said it was not aware of any other case in which a state legislature had decided to create a new map . The state argued that the map would not create a map with a new district and that the state was not to create an additional district. It said it would not provide a new districts. The decision to redraw a new maps would not be a redrawn. It is not. The state would not have a new congressional map. It would not necessarily require a new .
Federal court strikes down Alabama congressional map after legislature snubbed Supreme Court . Alabama legislature
