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She gave the gov a chance to redraw it and they declined.

SNIP A federal judge has approved a new state Senate district map for Montgomery in a lawsuit that alleged Black voters in the capital city area were packed into one district in violation of the Voting Rights Act.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco, a Trump appointee, issued the ruling Monday, approving a map drawn by the same court-appointed special master team that redrew Alabama’s congressional map two years ago in another case alleging a violation of Section Two of the Voting Rights Act.

Alabama’s state Senate map, approved by the Legislature in 2021 and used in the 2022 election, was challenged in a lawsuit by Black voters and by Greater Birmingham Ministries and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP. END

https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/trump-appointe...*1dvanp1*_ga*MTE3NzAxMjM4LjE3NjM1Njg3Mjk.*_ga_6FK2TQWMQ2*czE3NjM1Njg3MjkkbzEkZzEkdDE3NjM1Njg5NzckajU5JGwwJGgw

It ain't over yet, give another judge(s) a chance to say it's political, not racial.

I was listening to a podcast this morning that was discussing this. If they were accurate, this case skips the Appeals courts and goes directly to the SCOTUS where they can decide to hear it, reject it, or issue one of the "shadow docket" rulings that the Roberts court is going to be know for in legal history. Hearing the case seems to be unlikely because Texas requires the candidates to register to run in the districts by Dec. 8 of this year. Getting the case heard, the decision made, and the opinion written in the 18 days seems very difficult. It might be possible if the order was reversed, and given this court ....

directly to the SCOTUS where they can decide to hear it, reject it, or issue one of the "shadow docket" rulings that the Roberts court is going to be know for in legal history.

Interesting. We can use it as a bellwether - if they reject it, we're ok, if they issue a shadow docket ruling - we're screwed.

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