Given Alabama’s struggle over the years with voting rights compliance, this week’s special session will be worth watching, Jordan_S_Rubin writes.
What new map gets passed remains to be seen. Given Alabama’s struggle over the years with voting rights compliance, it will be worth watching closely how the state implements the adverse Supreme Court ruling.
In calling the special session on redistricting, the state’s Republican governor, Kay Ivey, said the Legislature “knows our state better than the federal courts do.” That may be so, but the federal courts appear to have a stronger grasp of the law; in any event, they have the authority on the matter.
However the special session unfolds, it will be significant not only for voting rights in Alabama but also nationwide. Remember, even though the Supreme Court ruled against Alabama last month in Allen v. Milligan, the justices
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