Allen v. Milligan · ¶36
The District Court also more than adequately accounted for the presumption of legislative good faith. Contra, ante, at 513–514. That principle “directs district courts to draw the inference that cuts in the legislature's favor when confronted with evidence that could plausibly support multiple conclusions.” Alexander, 602 U. S., at 10. In its post-trial opinion, the District Court did just that and more. “[I]n extreme service of the presumption of . . . good faith,” the District Court assumed the best of Alabama's Legislature and “discount[ed] [its] concerns about” the “historical background and sequence of events” leading up to the adoption of the 2023 Redistricting Plan. Singleton, 782 F. Supp. 3d, at 1346. Similarly, when it reaffirmed its intentional- discrimination holding in its preliminary-injunction order, the District Court “dr[e]w every inference [it could] in the…Read in context ›
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