Alabama seems to have defied an order from the Supreme Court by passing a redistricting map that only included one majority black district instead of two on Friday.
The Supreme Court agreed with a lower-level federal court in its order for the state to include two districts that had largely black populations among its voting-aged residents. But the map that was agreed upon by both chambers included one majority black district and one district that was 40% black. Black districts largely vote Democrat.
The move was criticized by state Democrats, who are in the minority in both chambers, and the executive branch. Democrats claimed that the move only continued the state’s history of alleged voter suppression.
“There was never any intent in this building to comply with their court order,” state Democratic Rep. Chris England told NBC News. “There was never any intent in this building to comply with the Voting Rights Act.”
Since the Demoncrats are recommending that the federal government defy SCOTUS on the student loans – this should be OK!