links @ CNN and Roll Call with the full story on DOJ preclearing the Alabama congressional lines.  Alabama held the Department of Justice’s feet to the fire by simultaneously suing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 

CNN:  Alabama has six white Republican members and one black Democratic member. The African-American lawmaker, Terri Sewell ,represents a district in which 63% of voters are black, a slight increase in the number of minority voters from the makeup of the old district.