A Second Majority Black Congressman for Alabama Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s Objection to Voting Rights Act and a Second Black House in Alabama

In the case of a second majority black school board for the state, the legislature could have done something similar to create a second majority black congressional district along the Gulf Coast.

The Voting Rights Act requires that a state draw district lines to allow minority voters the opportunity to choose their candidate, but black voters argued that the Voting Rights Act only applies to racially biased states.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers have to redraw congressional district lines after a significant U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could affect political maps across the South for years to come.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority in the opinion and said that the opinion didn’t diminish or disregard the concern that the case might impermissibly elevate race in the allocation of political power within the States. “For those reasons, the court simply does not hold that a faithful application of precedent and a fair reading of the record are needed here.”

Reed said that we’d get a second Black congressman if we got two majority-Black districts. If we have anything to say about it, we’ll try to make it a Democrat.

The Secretary of State’s Office still intends to comply with the applicable election laws, despite the Supreme Court opinion today, Wes Allen said in a statement.

In Louisiana, South Carolina, and Georgia the Voting Rights Act would apply when there are court challenges to congressional maps.

If there are more black and Democratic seats in the House, that might result in more power in Washington, D.C., and other areas.

Evan Milligan is an executive director for Alabama Forward, and he said in a statement that he will continue to organize to ensure that the Black and Brown communities are included in state maps.

Joe Reed, chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference, was also happy with the ruling, which gives Black Democrats a chance at a second congressional seat in the state.

The Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act emphasizes that you can’t undermine political voting power, according to the executive director of the ACLU of Alabama. This was a decrease of Black political voting power in the state.