refusal to comply with last month s supreme court. demanding that it re-draw its congressional voting map. after its previous map was found to be discriminatory against black voters in the state, violating the voting rights act, the court called for a second majority black district to be drawn. in a state that is nearly 30% african american. any map approved friday by the state s governor does feature a new district. of course, it is only 40% vote. as i asked your state attorney general yesterday, state attorney general of nevada. where are we as a nation when republicans state lawmakers can t just ignore a federal ruling on voting rights by the supreme court? in a state long covered by voting rights and voting rights act. because of the history of black voters suppression in that state and other states. cited in the 65 voting rights
intended to dilute its black vote by drawing just one majority black district out of seven. a ruling demanded that a second majority black district to be drawn to be in compliance with the voting rights act. on friday, the state passed a new map with a second district that is only about 40% black. the state s governor approved it. attorney general forward, how does the biden administration compel alabama to comply? and where are we as a nation when republican state legislators in a state along covered by the voting rights act can simply refuse a high court ruling. a high court that is mostly right-wing, it can defy them on a voting map? reverend, we have seen this before, right? we have seen certain states, other states in particular refused to obey orders, legislative orders for supreme court orders. and, you know, there are
and i think that this is a great record for this president to run on. these are the two things that will be saying to folks. the elected president and he will get more public service that relief as well as you will find ways for that is something i ve not heard a lot of people bringing up. let me ask you this quickly because i m out of time. last month, our conservative majority supreme court ruled against alabama s congressional map. drawn by its republican dominated state legislature, three years ago. the court ruling that it reduced the electoral prowl of the states with black voters. it violation of the voting rights act. also less well, the court dismissed louisiana effort to prevent its voting map from being withdrawn. possibly leading to the addition of another majority black district. the issue of voting maps in