US Supreme Court won’t halt ruling that blocked Alabama electoral map | #elections | #alabama
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request by Alabama officials to halt a lower court’s ruling that rejected a Republican-crafted electoral map for diminishing the clout of Black voters, likely […]
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Trump’s judges latest revolt against the Voting Rights Act | #elections | #alabama
The Supreme Court, after a long period of hostility toward any claim brought under the federal Voting Rights Act, recently signaled that this hostility has limits. Last June, the Court surprised nearly everyone who follows voting rights litigation by declaring Alabama’s racially gerrymandered maps illegal and ordering the state to draw a second majority-Black congressional […]
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US Supreme Court scrutinizes South Carolina voting map deemed racially biased | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The United States Supreme Court building is seen as in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a bid by South Carolina officials to revive a Republican-drawn electoral map faulted by a lower court for moving 30,000 […]
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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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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
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Alabama Republicans resist U.S. Supreme Court order to draw second Black-majority congressional district | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Friday proposed a new congressional map that would include a single majority-Black district in the state, a plan that could defy a Supreme Court order to give minority voters a greater voice in elections. Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Senate passed the plan 24-6, with the House speeding toward […]
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