Alabama asked the Supreme Court to let it keep congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight an order from a lower court.
in place as the state continues to fight a court order to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it.earlier this year in the long-running redistricting case, Alabama is pursuing another appeal, hoping for a different result with the most recent GOP version of the map.
"Race-based redistricting at the expense of traditional principles 'bears an uncomfortable resemblance to political apartheid,'" the attorney general's officein the request to Justice Clarence Thomas, who handles emergency requests arising from the southeast, referencing a 1992 Supreme Court opinion in a case involving racial gerrymandering.
"This is a shameful and arrogant continuation of a sordid history in Alabama that denies equal rights to Black Alabamians, no matter how the United States Supreme Court rules," Holder said. The state's request to the Supreme Court comes after the three judges refused to put their order on hold as the state appeals. The judges said state voters should not have to endure another congressional election under an"unlawful map."
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