congressional districts in the state is majority black. that was too racially discriminatory, even for this hard right conservative united states court. so the court ordered alabama to redraw the lines, so black voters would make up the majority or something quite close to it in two congressional districts, not just one. to that, alabama republicans just basically said no, we won t do it. they did draw new lines for new districts but the new lines don t include anything like a new majority black district. so what does this mean? i mean, the sort of best case terrible scenario here is that alabama republicans are trying to stretch this out as long as possible to try and give themselves another shot at holding another election with illegal racially discriminatory maps that favor republicans. that s the best case terrible scenario. the worst case terrible scenario is that alabama republicans are just deciding that they don t recognize the authority of the federal government and federal co
the map must be approved by federal court next month. we ll get to this in a moment, but errol, the fact this went to the supreme court, they said you ve got to do this to represent the black population in your state. the state comes back, redraws it and only makes one majority black, makes the second district 40% black when they could have just complied with the law. yes. speak to the why, and will this stand up? well, the why is that opposition to black empowerment is kind of the core of conservative politics in alabama. it has been for, you know, a century now, so this going to sort of go to a trial and they have the right to do this. they can go to trial and they can sort of play the whole thing out and lose all over again because when the supreme court issues its orders, the determinations basically say, this goes back to a lower court for outcomes that are not inconsistent can what we found. they have every right to go and play the whole thing out, lose
the seven congressional districts is majority black, even though more than a quarter of alabama s population is african american. last month, the supreme court agreed with a lower court ruling from at least two trump appointees that found that alabama s map violated the voting rights act by denying minority voters and equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. the decision called on the alabama legislature to draw an additional district making black voters the majority the voting age population or, quote, something quite close to it. so, alabama republicans had to go back to the drawing board, and today, after long sessions of negotiations and huddling over dueling maps represented by republicans in both chambers
voters. right now, alabama, only one of the seven congressional districts is majority black, even though more than a quarter of alabama s population is african american. last month, the supreme court agreed with a lower court ruling from at least two trump appointees that found that alabama s map violated the voting rights act by denying minority voters and equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. the decision called on the alabama legislature to draw an additional district making black voters the majority the voting age population or, quote, something quite close to it. so, alabama republicans had to go back to the drawing board, and today, after long sessions of negotiations and huddling over dueling maps represented by republicans in both chambers presented by republicans in both chambers legislators adopted their final
those three people just delivered what he expected them to deliver. congressman, one argument is that if the goal is to create a more level playing field that needs to start in kindergarten, not college. so really the attention should be in trying to increase funding for public k through 12 schools that are majority black, rather than having colleges make up for all of this. we do. that is what we ve got, lyndon johnson and the great society programs, they were against that. that is what was all about. they were against that. all of these things that were brought on were and they are still under funding and to try to get rid of them. so we can do both, there s no