On Friday, Attorney General Steve Marshall appealed a recent three-judge federal panel ruling on May 8 that found the congressional redistricting map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act.
The State of Alabama is still defending its congressional map, which legislators approved in 2023. A special master hired by a three-judge panel in Birmingham redrew the map for the 2024 congressional elections after Democrats and liberal groups were successful in their initial legal challenge. The issue is still being litigated.
United States Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, United States District Judge Anna Manasco, and United States District Judge Terry Moorer ruled on May 8 the 2023 plan violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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