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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://journa.host/users/chrisgeidner/statuses/111013066792123128">Chris Geidner (chrisgeidner@journa.host)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 00:04:56 JST</a><a href="https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner" title="chrisgeidner@journa.host"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/75697-48-20240516135537.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Chris Geidner" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Chris Geidner</a></section><article><p>BREAKING: After Alabama's legislature refused to create a congressional map with two majority-Black districts following SCOTUS ruling, a federal court today blocks Alabama from using its new, one majority-Black congressional district map and directs Special Master to make a map.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2027121#notice-3978150">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-09-06T00:04:56+09:00" title="Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 00:04:56 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner/111013066792123128" rel="external" title="Sent from journa.host via ActivityPub">journa.host</a></span></span><a href="https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner/111013066792123128">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1487009">the State has explained that its position is that
notwithstanding our order and the Supreme Court’s affirmance, the Legislature was
not required to include an additional opportunity district in the 2023 Plan. Aug. 14
Tr. 159–64.
That concession controls this case. ... As we
explain below, our conclusions rest on facts the State does not dispute.
Because the record establishes the other requirements for relief — that the
Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable injury if an injunction does not issue, the threatened
injury to the Plaintiffs outweighs the damage an injunction may cause the State, and
an injunction is not adverse to the public interest — under Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 65(d) we PRELIMINARILY ENJOIN Secretary Allen from conducting
any elections with the 2023 Plan.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/journahost/media_attachments/files/111/013/066/523/687/491/original/0febee6ab8026172.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/journahost/media_attachments/files/111/013/066/523/687/491/original/0febee6ab8026172.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1487010">Based on the evidence before us, including testimony from the Legislators,
we have no reason to believe that allowing the Legislature still another opportunity
to draw yet another map will yield a map that includes an additional opportunity
district. Moreover, counsel for the State has informed the Court that, even if the
Court were to grant the Legislature yet another opportunity to draw a map, it would
be practically impossible for the Legislature to reconvene and do so in advance of
the 2024 election cycle. Accordingly, the Special Master and cartographer are
DIRECTED to commence work forthwith on a remedial map. Instructions shall
follow by separate order.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/journahost/media_attachments/files/111/013/066/395/233/797/original/e1fca65743409f3b.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/journahost/media_attachments/files/111/013/066/395/233/797/original/e1fca65743409f3b.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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BREAKING: After Alabama's legislature refused to create a congressional map with two majority-Black districts following SCOTUS ruling, a federal court today blocks Alabama from using its new, one majority-Black congressional district map and directs Special Master to make a map.
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1. the State has explained that its position is that notwithstanding our order and the Supreme Court’s affirmance, the Legislature was not required to include an additional opportunity district in the 2023 Plan. Aug. 14 Tr. 159–64. That concession controls this case. ... As we explain below, our conclusions rest on facts the State does not dispute. Because the record establishes the other requirements for relief — that the Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable injury if an injunction does not issue, the threatened injury to the Plaintiffs outweighs the damage an injunction may cause the State, and an injunction is not adverse to the public interest — under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d) we PRELIMINARILY ENJOIN Secretary Allen from conducting any elections with the 2023 Plan.
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2. Based on the evidence before us, including testimony from the Legislators, we have no reason to believe that allowing the Legislature still another opportunity to draw yet another map will yield a map that includes an additional opportunity district. Moreover, counsel for the State has informed the Court that, even if the Court were to grant the Legislature yet another opportunity to draw a map, it would be practically impossible for the Legislature to reconvene and do so in advance of the 2024 election cycle. Accordingly, the Special Master and cartographer are DIRECTED to commence work forthwith on a remedial map. Instructions shall follow by separate order.
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