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The U.S. Supreme Court lifted its stay in a Louisiana redistricting case, clearing the way to add a second Black district to the state’s congressional map. The case of Ardoin v. Robinson stems from a congressional map with just one majority-Black district that Louisiana’s Republican lawmakers adopted last year in defiance of a federal judge’s order. […]
The US Supreme Court removed a stay Monday in Ardoin v. Robinson, unblocking a lower court order requiring Louisiana to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-Black district. Louisiana had been accused of allegedly “packing” the majority of . . .
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in June in a case that could result in Alabama redrawing its seven Congressional districts and could affect other states in how the Voting Rights Act is applied. Individual voters and organizations filed the lawsuit in 2021, challenging the district map approved by the Alabama Legislature after […]
APRIL 21, 1966 Portrait of Private First Class Milton Lee Olive III (1946 – 1965) of the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Phu Cuong, South Vietnam, October 22, 1965. He became the first African-American Medal of Honor winner of the Vietnam War for ‘conspicuous gallantry’ in sacrificing his life to save […]
The Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment aims to affirm the ERA as the 28th amendment and establish constitutional gender equality as a national priority Last Night, Pressley, Bush, Colleagues Spoke About ERA History on House Floor
February 19, 2023 **Shaheen leads bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate that would establish a U.S. policy toward the Black Sea region.** (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation and a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. […]
The Honorable Steven HorsfordChair of the Congressional Black CaucusRoom 406, Cannon House Office Building25 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20515-2804 Mr. Vince EvansExecutive Director of the Congressional Black CaucusRoom 2303, Rayburn House Office Building50 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20515-3503 January 20, 2023 Dear esteemed members of the Congressional Black Caucus, We, the undersigned organizations and […]
Congressional Black Caucus meets with Biden to push for police … Louisana Illuminator Source link
WASHINGTON — Nearly 80 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the White House expressing their “great concern” that the Biden administration is walking back on its promise to restore migrants’ access to asylum. In the letter, they also condemned the administration’s expansion of a controversial policy that immediately turns away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, […]
The Honorable Steven HorsfordChair of the Congressional Black CaucusRoom 406, Cannon House Office Building25 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20515-2804 Mr. Vince EvansExecutive Director of the Congressional Black CaucusRoom 2303, Rayburn House Office Building50 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20515-3503 January 20, 2023 Dear esteemed members of the Congressional Black Caucus, We, the undersigned organizations and […]