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BREAKING: Three-judge district court in Alabama redistricting sets a one-week schedule for briefing after SCOTUS's Monda
BREAKING: Three-judge district court in Alabama redistricting sets a one-week schedule for briefing after SCOTUS's Monday order, citing an aim "that all Alabamians may timely and efficaciously exercise their constitutional right to vote." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T18:14:53.793Z
UPDATE 2: The second set of Alabama plaintiffs today filed a motion for an ex parte TRO — arguing that Callais doesn't upset their Section 2 VRA ruling because, again, of the finding of intentional discrimination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T16:40:22.266Z
tl;dr: The three-judge district court panel is not done with this.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T18:16:22.155Z
From the order:
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T18:17:35.936Z