Shockingly, Clarence Thomas side with the racists.

When you have one of the most conservative SCs in history telling you to redraw the lines, you know shit's fucked up. Alabama doesn't care. It's the armpit of the south. Sorry if you're from Alabama, but you know what your state is.

Now all they have to do is ignore the court! It's working in Ohio!

So to recap:

AL: "Look these maps are totally fine"

SCOTUS: "Nope, redraw them"

AL: "You're the last person I thought would say that, but alright fine. We've made adjustments to comply."

Another court: "No you didn't, you just changed proportions in a way that's unlikely to have any effect"

AL: "Nah it's totally fine!"

Another court: "No it's not. An independent entity will draw the maps since you racist fucks are incapable"

AL: "That is unfair, these maps are fine! Tell them, SCOTUS!"

SCOTUS: "Nope we're not getting involved. The maps are still bad."

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Seriously though I'm confused why the Court is being... agreeable.

This is great news! For anyone reading, but especially those in Alabama, make sure to join one of your city/county’s Democratic club/caucus to help organize change at the local level and better influence the direction the Democratic Party takes locally and nationally!

The expert appointed by the district court is Richard Allen, and he has already completed his work and submitted 3 maps for the 3 judge panel to choose from.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The case has been closely watched because after the court’s June ruling, Alabama GOP lawmakers again approved a congressional map with only one majority-Black district, seemingly flouting the Supreme Court’s decision that they provide more political representation for the state’s Black residents.

Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, argued that the new map kept communities of interest intact, unifying the so-called Black Belt of the state.

Marshall argued the lower court had erred in requiring that a second majority-Black district be drawn.

“The court gutted the State’s discretion to apply traditional redistricting principles in 2023, by expressly refusing to defer to them when they didn’t yield the ‘right’ racial results,” Marshall said.

Challengers to the map, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the ACLU and others, had urged the justices to reject the state’s bid arguing that the map in question dilutes the power of Black voters.

They charged the state with “unabashedly” defying an opinion the justices issued just three months ago.

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