Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall didn’t mince words late Monday afternoon after the U.S. Supreme Court handed his office one of the biggest legal victories in state history, vacating the federal court injunctions that had forced Alabama to draw its congressional map around race.

In a video message, Marshall walked through every motion, brief, and emergency application.

“On April 29 the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Louisiana v. Callais,” Marshall said.

“The Court confirmed what we have been arguing for years: States cannot be forced to gerrymander by race. Challengers to a state’s map must now prove that race, not partisan politics, actually drove the state’s decisions. That is a watershed moment for Alabama. But we didn’t celebrate. Instead, we went to work the very next day.”

The AG’s office moved fast and moved often.

Marshall filed emergency motions in three separate cases at the Supreme Court on April 30, the day after Louisiana v. Callais came down, followed by an emergency motion in the 11th Circuit on May 4 targeting the Alabama State Senate map, a stay request at the district court on May 5, a reply brief in the 11th Circuit on May 7 that he said “dismantled every argument the NAACP raised,” and a final round of emergency applications at SCOTUS on May 9.

“This afternoon, they did just that,” Marshall said. “Today, the Supreme Court vindicated the state’s long-held position.”

“Now the power to draw Alabama’s maps goes back to the people’s elected representatives. That’s our Legislature. For too long, unelected federal judges have had more say over Alabama’s elections than Alabama’s voters. That ended today.”

“My job in this office was to put the legislature in the best possible legal position to draw a congressional map that favors Republicans 7-0. My office has never taken the charge of our state motto lightly: We Dare Defend Our Rights. Stay tuned,” Marshall concluded.