美國眾議院

2023年7月31日

投票人權組織敦促法院拒絕阿拉巴馬州的新國會地圖7月31日,2023 / > 11 AM /美聯社民權團體戰鬥阿拉巴馬州的重新劃分國會選區,認為州共和黨人沒有按照聯邦法院命令創建一個公平的黑人選民。原告在高調的選區重劃的情況下周五提交書麵異議反對阿拉巴馬州的新選區計劃。他們指責國家共和黨人藐視司法授權創建第二個黑人區或“很接近”和製定一個地圖,繼續歧視黑人選民。一個特殊的三名法官組成的小組在2022年阻止使用現有國家的國會選區,說任何新的地圖應該包括兩個地區“黑人選民要麼組成一個調查多數”之類的。國家委員會的決定提出上訴,但維持6月出人意料地由美國最高法院裁決,同意,隻有一個黑人的七個地域,在超過四分之一的居民是黑色的——可能違反了聯邦法律。原告的情況下,由美國全國有色人種協進會法律辯護和教育基金和其他團體,要求由三名法官組成的小組介入並吸引新線路的狀態。“阿拉巴馬州的新國會地圖忽略這個法院的初步禁令,而延續的投票權法案違反立法的原因重新劃分了地圖,“原告代理律師中寫道。共和黨控製的阿拉巴馬州的立法機關製定的新地圖維護one-majority黑色區,但推動了黑人選民的比例在白人2日國會選區,現在由共和黨眾議員巴裏·摩爾從約30%至39.9%的案件中原告代理律師上周五寫道,調整區“黑人選民並沒有提供一個現實的機會選擇他們喜歡的候選人在任何但最極端的情況下。”They accused state Republicans of ignoring the courts' directive to prioritize a district that would stay under GOP control "pleasing national leaders whose objective is to maintain the Republican Party's slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives." Alabama has maintained the new plan complies with the Voting Rights Act, and state leaders are wagering that the panel will accept their proposal or that the state will prevail in a second round of appeals to the Supreme Court. Republicans argued that the map meets the court's directive and draws compact districts that comply with redistricting guidelines. The state must file its defense of the map by Aug. 4. The three judges have scheduled an Aug. 14 hearing in the case as the fight over the map shifts back to federal court. The outcome could have consequences across the country as the case again weighs the requirements of the Voting Rights Act in redistricting. It could also impact the partisan leanings of one Alabama congressional district in the 2024 elections with control of the U.S House of Representatives at stake. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in a statement that Alabama's new map is a "brazen defiance" of the courts. "The result is a shameful display that would have made George Wallace—another Alabama governor who defied the courts—proud," Holder said in a statement. More from CBS News