US Supreme Court ordered Alabamas state government to redraw its congressional map. The new map approved by Alabama legislature and governor will go before federal courts for review in August. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey a Republican seemed to defend the legislatures insolence in the face of the federal courts orders when it approved the new map Friday. The issue is larger than simple math since Alabama both historically and currently is marked by polarized voting conditions. The only winning candidate in which Alabamians voted in the midterm elections who got less than twothirds of the vote was Democrat Terri Sewell. The Supreme Courts unexpected decision Alabama had asked the Supreme Court to essentially nullify Section of the Voting Rights Act could have consequences for other states and reignite a series of lawsuits in multiple states. A version of this story appeared in s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox sign up for free here. Back to the page you came from. The US Supreme Court had tabled action on Alabams map which helped Republicans win the barely there fourseat House majority they currently hold. The original article stated that the old congressional map was invalidated by a threejudge federal district court panel that included two judges nominated to the bench by former President Donald Trump. We are happy to clarify that this was not the case and that the decision to invalidate the old map was made by a different panel of judges. We would like to make it clear that we are pleased with the decision by the three judges and that we stand by our decision to throw out the map. We also want to make clear that the original article was wrong and that this is not the same as the way we saw the map being redrawn by the state legislature and the state attorney generals office. We regret the error and we are happy that we were able to correct the error in the first place. We have been asked to make this clear and we will do so in the next edition of What Matters with Dana Bash, CNN’s White House Correspondent and White House Analyst for the White House Council of Correspondents. The article has been updated to reflect that we have been contacted by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to express their concern about the new congressional map and their position on the matter. We apologize for any confusion that may have been caused by our publication of this article. We hope that this article has helped clarify the situation and we look forward to working with the NAACP to make sure that the issue of representation in Congress is properly addressed in the future. We thank the NAACP for their support and assistance in the fight for voting rights in the U.S. and across the globe. We will continue to fight for equal rights for all people in all parts of the world and we hope to see a fair and just political system in which all people are treated fairly and fairly in all corners of the country. We remain committed to the equal rights of all people and in every aspect of our lives. We stand by the decision of the Supreme Courts to uphold the Voting rights Act of 1965.
US Supreme Court faces ‘outright defiance’ from Alabama. Justices will hear arguments in the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling.
