Judges again reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power.
AP reports: "The three-judge panel wrote that they are 'deeply troubled' that Alabama lawmakers flouted their instruction to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it. A designated special master will be tapped to draw new districts for the state, the judges ordered."
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For context, the judges went beyond what the Supreme Court said, and it's likely Alabama hopes to win on appeal, saying that the judges overstepped their legal authority here.
The judges can be "troubled" all they want that they weren't able to order the state around. That doesn't mean that they do or do not actually have that authority.
