The Alabama legislature will initiate a special session in the coming weeks to redraw the state’s congressional districts after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, according to an announcement from Gov. Kay Ivey.
Earlier this month, in a 5–4 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the state’s congressional district likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, alleging the maps may have discriminated against black voters. Republican-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three Democrat-appointed justices in rendering the majority opinion, while Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a lengthy dissent.
“It is critical that Alabama be fairly and accurately represented in Washington,” Ivey said in a statement Tuesday, without elaborating. “Our Legislature knows our state better than the federal courts do.”…