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South Carolina Democrat’s House bid runs through US Supreme Court | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

South Carolina Democrat Michael B. Moore poses on the grounds of the International African American Museum where he served as founding president and CEO in Charleston, South Carolina in an undated photograph. Moore is vying to unseat Republican incumbent Nancy Mace in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district. Ashley… Acquire Licensing Rights Read more WASHINGTON, Oct […]

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Alabama lawmakers place another bet on U.S. Supreme Court partisanship in voting map appeal | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sept 8 (Reuters) – Alabama Republicans were at it again on Monday, when they asked the U.S. Supreme Court to change a voting rights law after the justices rejected identical arguments just three months ago, and despite defying the court’s order to comply with laws against racist voter suppression. The state on Sept. 11 filed […]

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Alabama asks US Supreme Court to halt ruling blocking Republican-drawn voting map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Alabama officials on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily halt a lower court’s ruling that rejected a Republican-crafted electoral map for diminishing the clout of Black voters, escalating a legal […]

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Alabama to ask US Supreme Court to keep Republican-drawn electoral map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sept 5 (Reuters) – Alabama’s Republican-backed congressional map illegally dilutes Black residents’ voting power and must be redrawn, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Tuesday, a decision that the state said it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. That appeal plan escalated the stakes of a judicial decision that boosted Democratic chances […]

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Court revives Alabama ban on transgender youth treatment, judge blocks Georgia law | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

[1/2]A person holds up a flag during rally to protest the Trump administration’s reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, at City Hall in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Aug 21 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday […]

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Trump’s threatening post flagged by U.S. prosecutors to judge | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Aug 4 (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors flagged a threatening social media post from Donald Trump in a late-night court filing on Friday, arguing that it suggests he might intimidate witnesses by improperly disclosing confidential evidence received from the government. On his Truth Social site on Friday, the former president wrote, “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, […]

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Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

NEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Brewing battles over redistricting from New York to Utah may result in new congressional maps for at least half a dozen states before the 2024 election, with control of the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives in the balance. The 2022 election – in which Republicans captured a slim […]

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Alabama’s redrawn voting map could put Supreme Court to the test, again | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court could be facing a moment of truth as to whether it is viewed as a neutral check on political power or a partisan institution that mostly enables conservative policies. Last Friday, Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a new congressional district map that appears to openly defy an order issued by […]

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Biden’s pick for top US general warns on Republican blocking promotions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the top U.S. general warned on Tuesday that a Republican senator’s blockade of military promotions could have a far-reaching impact across the U.S. armed forces, affecting troops and their families. “We will lose talent,” General Charles “CQ” Brown, the outgoing Air Force chief of […]

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Alabama DOR Grants Extension to Make PTE Tax Election for 2022 Tax Year | #elections | #alabama

In 2021, the Alabama Legislature unanimously enacted an elective pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) as a workaround to the so-called “SALT Cap,” which was part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Alabama Electing Pass-Through Entity Tax Act (Act 2021-1) established a new alternate state income tax applicable only to electing partnerships/LLCs […]

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