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A three-judge panel permanently blocked Alabama from using a state-drawn map that they said flouted their directive to draw a plan that was fair to Black voters.
A federal court ruled that the congressional district map drawn by the Alabama legislature was unconstitutional, ordering ...
A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama engaged in intentional discrimination when it refused to draw a congressional ...
The court-ordered map, used in the 2024 elections, resulted in Alabama electing two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in history.
The ruling says Alabama must use the court-ordered map that led to Rep. Shomari C. Figures being elected in 2024.
A federal court ruling in Alabama could mean another new congressional map for the state, part of a long legal fight over ...
A three-judge panel said the Alabama legislature made “a deliberate decision to double down on the dilution of Black ...
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has won a victory at the Supreme Court against Alabama's discriminatory redistricting practices ...
This victory comes after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have undermined voting rights laws. “If any case was going to ...
A federal appeals court that already has said private individuals and groups cannot sue under a key part of the federal ...
The decision was not a surprise because ... The judges said that the map drawn by the Alabama Legislature in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act, just like the one previously drawn by the state.