Would the 2nd district in the Alabama Senate be a VRA violation?

[GALeftist]

Seems pretty similar to the Jacksonville split in Florida, right? And that one's been found to be fine.

Point of order – it hasn't yet been found to be fine, that lawsuit hasn't yet been decided. Nevertheless, you are correct that it probably doesn't violate section 2 (the dispute is over the Florida Constitution's retrogression and partisan fairness provisions), so for these purposes it might be analogous provided that a majority black district in Huntsville is impossible to draw.