elections2024

Alabama

Court tosses Alabama Republicans’ racist re-districting map aimed at suppressing Black votes – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14, 2023. to watch a redistricting hearing. Federal judges said Tuesday, Sept. 5, that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, […]

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Alabama

Black Alabama voters score stunning Supreme Court victory against racist gerrymandering – People’s World | #elections | #alabama

Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case, speaks with members of the press following oral arguments outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. Standing behind Milligan are Milligan’s counsel Deuel Ross, from left, Letetia Jackson, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel […]

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