with a Supreme Court decision ordering the state Legislature to redraw its congressional map with an additional majority-Black district.contacted Alabama legislators
“At a time when many are trying to erase our history and roll back our progress, this is yet another reminder that old battles have indeed become new again," Sewell said."Across this nation, extremists are attempting to silence the voices of Black and minority voters, but we in Alabama have seen this before, and we are not going back without a fight."
In filings after the Alabama ruling was handed down, lawyers for the Louisiana Republican state officials argued that the Louisiana dispute presented a “unique situation” that would allow the high court to resolve legal questions about the Voting Rights Act that they claimed were left open by the Alabama ruling, known as Milligan. “Today’s decision in Milligan does not address the district court’s significant errors of law that should rightly result in reversal,” the Louisiana filing said.