Kay Ivey, Republican Governor of Alabama, on Wednesday, in the immediate aftermath of Callais v. Louisiana:

Litigation surrounding Alabama’s congressional district is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and Alabama is currently under a court order prohibiting the use of new congressional districts until after the 2030 census. While we are not in position to have a special session at this time, I hope in light of this new decision, the court is favorable to Alabama.

Kay Ivey, on Friday:

By calling the Legislature into a special session, I am ensuring Alabama is prepared should the courts act quickly enough to allow Alabama’s previously drawn congressional and state senate maps to be used during this election cycle. If the court-ordered injunction is lifted, Alabama would revert to the maps drawn by the Legislature for congressional districts in 2023 and state senate districts in 2021.

During this special session, I have called on the Legislature to address legislation to provide for a special primary election for electing members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Alabama State Senate in districts whose boundary lines are altered by court action.

Translation: I have reason to believe the Supreme Court will soon grant us the ability to enact blatantly partisan voting districts that give Alabama a 100% Republican caucus in Congress, reversing the maps that courts previously determined were racist and stripped Black and minority voters of their electoral power.

More at AL.com, which reports:

Rep. Terri Sewell, another Democratic House member, called Ivey’s decision “corrupt.”

“Despite Black voters making up nearly one-third of Alabama’s electorate, Republican state leaders are desperate to revert us back to a map that silences our voices, dilutes our power and denies us a fair seat at the table,” she said in a statement Friday.

According to the Independent Voter Project, Democrats make up about 36% of Alabama’s registered voters.