Alabama Lawmakers Rush To Redraw Voting Map After Supreme Court Ruling
- Federal judges ordered Alabama to create a new congressional map with a second majority-Black district.
- Alabama lawmakers convened a special session to adopt a new map by the court-ordered deadline.
- There is disagreement among Republicans over how to configure the new Black-majority district.
- The Supreme Court affirmed Alabama's existing map likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
- This is Alabama's first major redistricting since 1992, when it was first ordered to create a Black-majority district.