In Georgia, the ink is not yet dry on the preclearance letter approving newly redistricted maps and the Democrats, specifically the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, intends to fight the new districts with a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

In response, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens says, he’ll vigorously defend Georgia’s redistricting maps in court if plans to challenge them come through.

“I would suggest to you, at the point that the state Democratic party is taking a more extreme position than the Obama Justice Department, that doesn’t bode well for the state Democratic party down below,” Olens says. “The legal standard is whether you assure one man, one vote, whether you make sure there’s no retrogression, whether you make sure there are communities of interest. If more people vote Republican, that’s their right.”