Lawyers for the state of Alabama on Monday defended the congressional map that the state Legislature adopted after the federal courts struck down a previous version.
Plaintiffs in a voting rights lawsuit characterize that map as “defiance” of the courts. State lawyers accused the plaintiffs of trying to force a “racial gerrymander” of the Alabama.
The map that the Legislature adopted in a special session last month created a district where African Americans make up about 40 percent of the population. The state argues that it could not increase that percentage without running afoul of the Constitution by violating other traditional redistricting principles. The state has argued that the Gulf Coast is a distinct “community of interest” and that Mobile and Baldwin counties should be kept together in the same House district.
“Alabama has chosen instead to thumb its nose at this court and to thumb its nose at the nation’s highest court and to thumb its nose at its own black citizens,” Khanna said.“If you look at what was presented to the court, it is very obvious that the state of Alabama is still defying this court, as well as the Supreme Court ruling,” said state Rep. Barbara Drummond . “What we want here today is fair maps that will represent blacks in Alabama. That’s why we’re here today.
Alabama Democratic Conference Chairman Joe Reed said it is the only way African Americans will be able to elect a second representative of their choice.
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