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ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his “stand in the schoolhouse door” to oppose the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The state that propelled Wallace, a Democrat and four-term governor, into national politics is now […]
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The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump | | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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The Decision That Could End Voting Rights | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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A federal court’s opinion yesterday could render the Voting Rights Act meaningless, if the Supreme Court upholds it. Robert Abbott Sengstacke / Getty November 21, 2023, 9:32 AM ET The right to vote free of racial discrimination was won by blood and sacrifice, those of both the soldiers who fought to preserve the Union and […]
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New Alabama congressional district draws sprawling field as Democrats eye flip | National News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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Supreme Court allows drawing of new Alabama congressional map to proceed | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed. The new districts also could help Democrats trying to flip control of the House of Representatives. The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines […]
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GENE LYONS: Sanders’ education reform returns Arkansas to 1956 | Opinion
Sometimes pictures do tell the story. When Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders staged a photo op for the signing of her vaunted LEARNS Act, an education “reform” shoved through a rubber-stamp legislature with virtually no debate, she chose a private school in North Little Rock. Not a single Black face was in evidence. Most prominent […]
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Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map | #elections | #alabama
Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama’s newly drawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans prioritized partisan concerns over compliance with a court order to draw lines that are fair to Black voters By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press July 30, 2023, 12:57 PM ET • 3 min read MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Voting rights […]
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Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans failed to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters. Plaintiffs in the high-profile redistricting case filed a written objection Friday to oppose Alabama’s new redistricting plan. They accused […]
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Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans failed to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters. Plaintiffs in the high-profile redistricting case filed a written objection Friday to oppose Alabama’s new redistricting plan. They accused state […]
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Alabama GOP proposals for second Black district are unlikely to win court approval, experts warn | National | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers say they’re trying to satisfy a landmark Supreme Court order to draw a new district giving a voice to Black voters, but with hours to go before a court-ordered deadline Friday, experts say Republican proposals fall far short of what the law requires. The Republican-controlled state House and Senate […]
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