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What the Alabama congressional map fight could mean for 2024 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

What the Alabama congressional map fight could mean for 2024 – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court has rejected Alabama’s Republican-drawn legislative district map — meaning it will need to be redrawn for the third time this year. Richard Briffault, law professor at Columbia University, joins CBS News to unpack the ruling. Be […]

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New York Republicans credited with helping end House speaker stalemate | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — The 118th Congress is now in session after the historic vote for Kevin McCarthy overnight. It took five days and 15 rounds of voting for him to seize the gavel just past midnight. Early Saturday morning, the sign marking McCarthy’s House speaker role was installed on Capitol Hill. Republicans from the Tri-State Area […]

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Supreme Court blocks creation of a second mostly Black congressional district in Louisiana for 2022 | #elections | #alabama

The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. With the three liberal justices dissenting, the high court short-circuited an order from a federal judge to create a second majority Black congressional district in Louisiana. The […]

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Redistricting: All 50 states have finished their congressional maps. What do they say about the 2022 election? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

All 50 states have finalized their congressional map to use for elections this November, a major checkpoint in the once-a-decade process of redrawing lines for political representation.  New Hampshire on Tuesday became the last state to fully enact its map, and while Florida, Texas, Alabama and a few other states are still waging legal battles […]

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