2020 Census and Redistricting Thread: Alabama

[Sestak]

Preclearence is dead. Shelby got rid of 4(b) and until a Democratic Trifecta establishes new criteria to make section 5 work, no locality is under it's coverage. It's 5-1, 100%. It's also gonna be the 2nd getting cut, since everyone else has tenure.

I wouldn't be so sure about the 2nd getting cut. Why not the 6th or the 4th?

Palmer and especially Aderholt have much more seniority vs freshman in the 2nd

[Sestak]

Preclearence is dead. Shelby got rid of 4(b) and until a Democratic Trifecta establishes new criteria to make section 5 work, no locality is under it's coverage. It's 5-1, 100%. It's also gonna be the 2nd getting cut, since everyone else has tenure.

I wouldn't be so sure about the 2nd getting cut. Why not the 6th or the 4th?

Palmer and especially Aderholt have much more seniority vs freshman in the 2nd

Palmer's only been there since 2015. He's in fact the least senior GOPer in the delegation (Roby has won almost twice as many House elections as him), and he represents a seat that borders all but 2 of the other CDs, and has a central location, to boot.

But Roby is retiring. And also I think her district bleeds population quite heavily?

[Sestak]

One can read the full PI here.

claims to need a Msft login; not sure if it's private or what. Which judges on the panel?

[Sestak]

For some reason the tweet link worked but the first one you posted here didnt.

In any case the three judges are:

Stanley Marcus (11th circuit senior judge from Florida, Clinton appointee)
Anna Manasco (N.D.Alabama, Trump)
Terry Moorer (S.D. Alabama, Trump)

[Sestak]

On top of the above, we don’t even know how many seats Alabama will have after 2030. If it’s down to 6 then this seat may well be axed.