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The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a map that eliminates one of two largely black congressional districts now represented by black Democrats.
In a social media post, Republican State Attorney General Steve Marshall lauds the victory.
Freshman Democratic Congressman Shamari figures of Mobile holds one of the targeted seats.
Other southern legislatures are moving ahead with similar redistricting plans.
The Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use a map that eliminates one of two largely black congressional districts now represented by black Democrats.
In a social media post, Republican State Attorney General Steve Marshall lauds the victory.
Freshman Democratic Congressman Shamari figures of Mobile holds one of the targeted seats.
Other Southern legislatures are moving ahead with similar redistricting plans.
Democrats fought the legislation pushed through by the Republican supermajority in the Alabama legislature.
Democratic State Senator Roger Smitherman says it erases 60 years of electoral gains under the Voting Rights Act.
But Republican Garland Gudger, the president pro tem of the Alabama Senate, says race is the wrong focus.
Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Montgomery.
The Republican supermajority in the Alabama legislature approved a congressional map that federal courts threw out for discriminating against Black voters.
Protesters erupted outside the statehouse.
Now I know we're not going back.
One woman was dragged from the House gallery for a disrupting debate.
Alabama GOP House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter.
Ledbetter rejects allegations that the legislation is about disenfranchising Black voters.