Live Breaking News & Updates on Judge Stanley Marcus|Page 6
Stay updated with breaking news from Judge stanley marcus. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Alabama Petitions Supreme Court to Halt Lower Court Ruling on GOP-Drawn Voting Map theepochtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theepochtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Opinion: Court likely to gerrymander Alabama congressional map yellowhammernews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yellowhammernews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Court rejects Alabama's latest congressional map for failing to add 2nd district for Black voters wlip.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wlip.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Julie Bennett/Getty Images(MONGOMERY, Ala.) A three-judge panel on Tuesday unanimously struck down Alabama s recently redrawn congressional map, finding that that the GOP-drafted plan did not comply with the Voting Rights Act as it did not create a second district in which Black voters would likely be able to elect their preferred candidate.
Court-appointed experts will now draw a new map for the 2024 elections.
Alabama is expected to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state Legislature had passed their latest congressional map in late July, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a month earlier that the previous map violated the civil rights law.
But the revised plan only included one majority-Black district, with a second district that had less than 50% Black residents prompting swift outcry from Democrats and advocates who said that flagrantly violated the court s instructions.
The federal ruling that originally struck down Alabama ....
Julie Bennett/Getty Images(MONGOMERY, Ala.) A three-judge panel on Tuesday unanimously struck down Alabama s recently redrawn congressional map, finding that that the GOP-drafted plan did not comply with the Voting Rights Act as it did not create a second district in which Black voters would likely be able to elect their preferred candidate.
Court-appointed experts will now draw a new map for the 2024 elections.
Alabama is expected to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state Legislature had passed their latest congressional map in late July, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a month earlier that the previous map violated the civil rights law.
But the revised plan only included one majority-Black district, with a second district that had less than 50% Black residents prompting swift outcry from Democrats and advocates who said that flagrantly violated the court s instructions.
The federal ruling that originally struck down Alabama ....