Supreme Court Denies Alabama's Attempt to Racially Gerrymander Congressional Districts

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of the state's emergency stay to use a redistricting map drawn by the Republican state Legislature. Marshall argued that the court-ordered map would result in "racial gerrymandering" and claimed that the map proposed by the Legislature was fair and reasonable. The court had previously found the Legislature's map likely violated the Voting Rights Act and ordered the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district. Marshall accused "left-wing activists" of advancing a divisive racial agenda and expressed concern about the impact on future congressional elections. The court has yet to decide on a new redistricting map.