Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map stay in place
Source: CNN
(CNN)The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
The lower court had ordered a new map to be drawn, which could have led to Democrats gaining another seat in the House in the fall.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberal justices in dissent.
The justices also said they would hear arguments over the map, adding another potentially explosive issue -- concerning the scope of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act -- to the court's docket.
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C Moon
(12,209 posts)Casady1
(2,133 posts)happy you overturned the voting right act now?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(144,945 posts)JohnSJ
(92,061 posts)rso
(2,267 posts)Nice to see that youre voting with us now, but its too little, too late.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)But basically he promised to take a look at it next term (after the 22 election cycle). He's objection was more around the lower court did their job and followed proper procedure, so the SC shouldn't interfere at this time.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,873 posts)So much for established and settled law, legal precedent, learned analysis, or Congressional intention.
God Damn and burn to the ground The Federalist Society and all those who fund it. Please can you do the same with their recommended appointees too?
RKP5637
(67,089 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,973 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)They have no cred since then in my book.
JudyM
(29,206 posts)RKP5637
(67,089 posts)samsingh
(17,593 posts)and disgrace to justice
bucolic_frolic
(43,064 posts)Sometimes they rule on state maps, sometimes not, NC PA AL. Law is becoming a crap shoot.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)moose65
(3,166 posts)The difference, in NC at least, is that the maps violate the state constitution, so the state Supreme Court ruled on it. The US Supreme Court doesnt take cases like that, that lack a federal question. These Alabama maps were said to violate the federal voting rights act, so SCOTUS ruled on that.
RKP5637
(67,089 posts)TheRickles
(2,047 posts)maxrandb
(15,298 posts)The fascist 6 knew how they were going to rule the second the map was drawn.
And it IS 6 fascists! Roberts is the Susan Collins of Mitt Romneys.
Always counted on to do the right thing WHEN IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER!
TheRickles
(2,047 posts)dem4decades
(11,270 posts)JohnSJ
(92,061 posts)for decades.
That is why I despise people like Susan Sarandon, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Briahana Joy Gray, Cornell West, etc., because they KNEW better
LenaBaby61
(6,973 posts)crickets
(25,952 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)He's certainly been a useful little rethuglican tool.
barbaraann
(9,151 posts)Gulp.
Mary in S. Carolina
(1,364 posts)is it too late for the 2022 midterms?
FBaggins
(26,721 posts)It isn't a final ruling on the merits. It just kept the district court from messing with the upcoming filing deadline and primaries.
The lower court had ordered a new map to be drawn, which could have led to Democrats gaining another seat in the House in the fall.
It might have... but it could also have been a disaster that resulted in all seven seats going republican. Sewell's district is D+29 under the new maps. The surrounding districts at R+65, R+36, R+34, and R+32. It might be possible to make all of the districts more competitive, including two with substantial POC populations, but have them all go red in November.
ancianita
(35,950 posts)walkingman
(7,583 posts)another example of the legacy of the Bush family.