Voting Rights Act

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Alabama files emergency appeal to Supreme Court in redistricting case

Alabama asked the Supreme Court to order a stay so that the maps can be used in the upcoming election season.

September 13, 2023

The VRA plan was rejected by the Republican House majority in favor of a plan by Speaker Pro Tem Chris Pringle, R-Mobile.

September 12, 2023

The judges criticized the state for failing to follow the Supreme Court order to create a second opportunity district for Black voters.

September 5, 2023

The Singleton plaintiffs had their day in court Tuesday, arguing that the state's map committed racial gerrymandering.

August 16, 2023

The state's defense of its voting maps was weak and ineffective at the District Court level. But that wasn't the target audience.

August 15, 2023

When Alabama's lawyers enter a federal courtroom to argue its redistricting case, they won't be on the side of fairness and equal rights.

August 14, 2023

Republicans in the state Legislature reportedly crafted the new map with the intent of once again provoking a U.S. Supreme Court challenge.

August 3, 2023

The Department of Justice also expressed its own internet in the case on Friday.

July 31, 2023

We have no ideas about fixing health care or public education or rampant pollution. But we've got plenty of awful schemes.

July 31, 2023

Republicans in the state Senate want to break Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a long-held goal of many conservatives.

July 27, 2023