Federal judges for a U.S. District Court in Alabama ruled against state lawmakers and rejected their congressional district that only included one Black-majority district.
"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order declaring that its electoral plan unlawfully dilutes minority votes and requiring a plan that provides an additional opportunity district — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district," the judges wrote.
He also argued that creating a second majority-Black district would mean violating traditional redistricting principles, such as keeping communities of interest together. "What I hear you saying is the state of Alabama deliberately chose to disregard our instructions to draw two majority-Black districts or one where minority candidates could be chosen," Judge Terry Moorer said to LaCour.
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