Alabama likely won't have enough time to change its congressional map in 2026 because liberals on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) were "slow walking" their dissent in a redistricting case, according to former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

SCOTUS is expected to release a ruling on Louisiana v. Callais soon. The case addresses racial considerations in the drawing of congressional redistricting maps in Louisiana and could significantly impact Alabama and other states involved in similar lawsuits. 

A report released recently by left-wing groups, Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter Fund, said Republicans could pick up the two remaining Democratic House districts in Alabama if SCOTUS rules Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional.

Alabama's Democratic delegation consists of U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Mobile).

Spicer told Bannon's War Room on Friday he's heard the majority's opinion in favor of Louisiana is done, but that the liberal minority on SCOTUS is "slow walking" their dissent, so red Southern states like Alabama won't have time to use the decision to redraw a congressional map giving Republicans one or two more potential seats in 2026.

 

"No one thought this was going to be a problem. It's either 6-3 or 5-4. The question that I started probing around and asking is, 'Why? Why are we not getting this decision?' Here we are today, another day when we expected the decision and nothing. The answer I got back from a very reliable source was, 'The minority on the court is slow walking their dissent.' Why does that matter? Well, until they put the dissent out there, the court can't issue the opinion. Why does that matter? Because as time ticks away, states are then limited in their ability to potentially redistrict," Spicer said. "That will cost Republicans the opportunity to pick up seats. So right now, sure maybe Louisiana picks up one seat but states like Alabama and others when I've confirmed this with several folks in the key states especially Southern states that abide by the Voting Rights Act, they're basically telling me, 'I'm sorry, the clock has run out. We don't have the time to do it for this cycle. Yes, we'll get it done in time for 2030 or 2028 but not in time for this midterm.' The court knows what they're doing. The liberals on the court are intentionally slow walking the dissent so that it will not be issued in time for many Republican states to actually go in and redistrict based on the decision."

Spicer continued, "Florida might still be able to pull it off. They've got a bigger problem with their State Senate in coordination with DeSantis. Louisiana will probably pick up one seat. I think Alabama has probably missed the boat for this cycle." 

"You start to go through and I think that might be it. Louisiana will jam through their one. In my conversations with other states that would have the potential to use this ruling to redistrict, I don't know that another state that I've talked to is telling me that they will have (the time to redistrict in 2026)," Spicer said. "It's possible, but right now many are telling me that it's too late based on their legislative calendar and that's the key thing. If the court runs the clock out and many of these legislatures go out of session, they're screwed and the liberals on the court know exactly what they're doing."

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