tl;dr: Alabama's ability to administer a new congressional map disenfranchising Black voters has been complicated by the fact that Alabama is celebrating Jefferson Davis's birthday today.
Adam Bonin
JUST IN: Dem AL lawmaker asks #SCOTUS to deny AL's emergency appeal to allow 2023 redistricting map likely to move state from 5-2 to 6-1, R-D. Ds note it's Jeff Davis holiday in AL today, complicating switch & say they proposed race-neutral plan AL snubbed www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...