Washington, May 11 -- Rep. Shomari C. issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Shomari C. Figures (AL-02) issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the injunction preventing Alabama from using discriminatory district maps:
"This is an incredibly unfortunate decision by the Supreme Court that not only continues their trend of breaking from the norms and precedents set by the Court, but also sets the stage for Alabama to go back to the 1950s and 60s in terms of Black political representation in the state. The conservative justices on the Supreme Court just literally substituted themselves in to be the defense lawyers for the State of Alabama. The Court just gave the state the benefit of an argument th...