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(Photo: Shannon McGee / CC BY-SA 2.0) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – The question of who represents South Carolinians on Capitol Hill will be before the U.S. Supreme Court next week. Justices are set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that challenges the boundaries of the state’s Congressional map, claiming it discriminates against Black voters. […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The question of who represents South Carolinians on Capitol Hill will be before the US Supreme Court next week. Justices are set to hear arguments Wednesday in a case that challenges the boundaries of the state’s Congressional map, claiming it discriminates against Black voters. Early last year at the State House, […]
Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The new map sets the stage for potentially flipping one U.S. House of Representatives seat from Republican to Democratic control and could lead to the election […]
A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14 for a hearing to consider new congressional districts. Federal judges had ruled that the state’s 2022 district map diluted Black voters’ power. Kim Chandler/AP hide caption toggle caption Kim Chandler/AP A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The legal fight over Florida’s congressional map continues Tuesday with the federal trial over the new maps expected to wrap up this week. On Monday, lawyers representing voting rights organizations presented their case. Opponents of the current map argue it is both unconstitutional and discriminatory. What You Need To Know Testimony continues […]
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — On the same day Alabama Black voters scored a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal trial opened in Florida in which lawyers say Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates. It’s one of several lawsuits around the country that […]
Hansi Lo Wang, NPR: Well, now that map has been struck down, the court has appointed experts to come up with three proposals, three potential new maps, congressional maps for the state of Alabama. And those proposals are due later this month. And the judges will eventually review those maps. And the — all the […]
Alabama’s congressional map illegally hurts Black voters, U.S. court … The Union Leader Source link
Updated September 5, 2023 at 10:14 AM ET A panel of three federal judges has struck down Alabama’s latest map of congressional election districts for not following a court order to comply with the landmark Voting Rights Act. In an order released Tuesday, the judges said they are “deeply troubled that the State enacted a […]