Here are some updates you may have missed.

• After signing a new congressional map with only one majority-Black district — in defiance of a court order — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) stated that the GOP-controlled Legislature knows "our districts better than the federal courts or activist groups."

  • Also in Alabama, a federal court asked the parties in Allen v. Milligan to submit the names of proposed cartographers to assist in litigation regarding Alabama's congressional map. This comes after the previous cartographer withdrew from the case.

• Louisiana Republicans objected to a federal court's order to redraw the state's congressional map to add a second majority-Black district. The officials ask for a full trial to determine if Louisiana's map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

• In a new memo, the state of Tennessee announced that an individual convicted of a felony must now receive a pardon or a court order to regain the right to vote, adding new hurdles to an already arduous rights restoration policy.

• A trial was scheduled for April 1, 2024 in a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's law that criminalizes voting while on felony parole, probation or post-release supervision — even if the individuals were told they are eligible to vote. The groups who brought the lawsuit argue that the law intentionally discriminates against Black North Carolinians.

• In a new filing, the Democratic Party of New Mexico asked to defend the state's congressional map in a legal challenge from the Republican Party of New Mexico. The Republicans are arguing that the map is gerrymandered to unfairly favor Democrats.

Here’s what's coming up.

• Tomorrow, at 1 p.m. EDT., there will be a hearing in a federal lawsuit challenging two Arizona voter suppression laws that impose strict proof of citizenship requirements for voters. 

ICYMI, listen to our latest episode of Defending Democracy. Marc and Paige discussed the recent U.S Supreme Court rulings in the face of falling confidence in and support for the nation’s highest court.