Mo Brooks

01/27/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/27/2022 09:15

Congressman Mo Brooks Condemns Racist and Unconstitutional Court Ruling that Undermines Alabama Congressional Map

Washington, DC- Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) today condemned the racist court order by liberal, activist federal judges who have unconstitutionally rejected the Alabama Legislature's Congressional Redistricting map.

Congressman Brooks said, "It's a bad day for Alabama when liberal, activist federal judges discard a Congressional district map drawn by Alabama's elected legislators."

Brooks continued, "These liberal, activist federal judges undermine Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution by interjecting themselves into the redistricting process. Article 1, Section 4's Election Clause states legislatures and Congress, not federal judges, are empowered to and responsible for making laws relating to the 'times, places, and manner' of elections. The Alabama Legislature has spoken. These liberal, activist federal judges should respect the Constitution and the will of the Alabama people as expressed by their duly elected legislators. These liberal, activist judges should back off and back out."

Brooks continued, "Alabama and federal judges should reject, not promote, racism. Yet the entire federal court order is premised on the argument that different parts of Alabama should elect Congressmen based on whether they are white or black. This division of Alabama along racial lines is repugnant, perpetuates racism, and violates the 15th Amendment, which states, 'The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.'"

Brooks continued, "I yearn for the day that racism is in America's past. The only way that will happen is for Americans, and in particular federal judges, to reject racism by making decisions that do not divide Americans based on skin pigmentation, a characteristic over which none of us have any control."

Brooks concluded, "I thank Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall for rejecting this illegal usurpation of power by liberal, activist federal court judges and pray that he will be successful in reversing this judicial abuse on appeal."

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