A federal three-judge panel declined to dismiss Alabama congressional redistricting litigation on Thursday.
The State of Alabama is still defending its congressional map, which legislators approved last year. 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 denied on Thursday a motion to dismiss the litigation filed by House Pro Tempore Chris Pringle (R-Mobile), Senate Majority Leader Steve Livingston (R-Scottsboro), and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen.
Marcus, Manasco and Moorer said in the filing that the plaintiffs suing the state “assert a plausible claim for relief under Section Two” of the Voting Rights Act. The plaintiffs ultimately hope for a congressional map in Alabama with two districts represented by Democrats. Currently, the lone Democrat in Alabama’s congressional delegation is U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham).
A trial in the lawsuit is scheduled for February 2025.
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