trump isn't alone among Repubs in defying court orders.

[berg80]

ALABAMA ​ The state could be put under federal oversight (again)​

The current redistricting cycle has been a long-running legal saga for Alabamians. The state drew racially discriminatory congressional maps in 2021, defied federal court orders to add another majority-Black district, approved new maps that were struck down by the same (outraged) federal court, appealed again to the U.S. Supreme Court and is now at risk of being put under federal supervision. In a scathing ruling last month, a panel of three federal judges – two of whom were appointed by President Donald Trump – concluded that the Alabama Legislature “intentionally ignored a federal court order for the purpose of (again) diluting minority votes” and could make the same move “again, and again, and again.” Given Alabama’s refusal to comply with court orders, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, a group of Black voters, want the state put back under federal preclearance – in which a state or locality must get federal approval before it can make changes to election-related maps, laws or policies. (Most southern states, because of their histories of racial discrimination in voting, were under this system until 2013, when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder.) Not to mods, the text above comes from an e-mailed newsletter so I don't have a functional link. Alabama Congressional Redistricting Challenge​ 🚨 Milligan v. Allen Learn more. www.democracydocket.com I recall the outrage when the SC gutted the VRA with Roberts giving the rationale that discriminatory practices like AL's were a thing of the past. Obviously, that's horseshit..........which John & Co obviously knew.

 

[Crepitus]

ALABAMA ​ The state could be put under federal oversight (again)​

The current redistricting cycle has been a long-running legal saga for Alabamians. The state drew racially discriminatory congressional maps in 2021, defied federal court orders to add another majority-Black district, approved new maps that were struck down by the same (outraged) federal court, appealed again to the U.S. Supreme Court and is now at risk of being put under federal supervision. In a scathing ruling last month, a panel of three federal judges – two of whom were appointed by President Donald Trump – concluded that the Alabama Legislature “intentionally ignored a federal court order for the purpose of (again) diluting minority votes” and could make the same move “again, and again, and again.” Given Alabama’s refusal to comply with court orders, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, a group of Black voters, want the state put back under federal preclearance – in which a state or locality must get federal approval before it can make changes to election-related maps, laws or policies. (Most southern states, because of their histories of racial discrimination in voting, were under this system until 2013, when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder.) Not to mods, the text above comes from an e-mailed newsletter so I don't have a functional link. Alabama Congressional Redistricting Challenge​ 🚨 Milligan v. Allen Learn more. www.democracydocket.com I recall the outrage when the SC gutted the VRA with Roberts giving the rationale that discriminatory practices like AL's were a thing of the past. Obviously, that's horseshit..........which John & Co obviously knew.

The tRump court will never allow that to happen.

 

[Auld Phart]

just wait til he tries to pay off student loans again.

 

[berg80]

The tRump court will never allow that to happen.

The Roberts court has largely stepped away from gerrymandering cases since it gutted the VRA. Because in states where challenges to congressional maps are typically mounted Repubs are in control. But what's happening in AL shows how brazen the idea of violating court orders has become in POT circles with allies in the DoJ and on the SC bench.