Terri Sewell applauds federal court decision to strike down redistricting map

Rep. Terri Sewell has applauded a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the proposed redistricting map and appointed a special master to redraw the congressional map. 

The action is another entry in the ongoing saga regarding the creation of two majority-minority districts in Alabama. 

Sewell released the following statement about the court's decision: 

“Today’s decision is yet another victory for Black voters in Alabama and for the promise of fair representation. By appointing a special master to fairly redraw Alabama’s congressional map, the court has rejected the state legislature’s latest attempt to dilute the voices and voting power of African Americans all across our state."

“While we were outraged by the Alabama State Legislature’s open defiance of the Supreme Court’s original order to create two majority-minority districts, I am nonetheless grateful that a federal court has now intervened to protect the voices of Alabama’s Black voters."

“The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is indeed alive and enforceable!”