A voting rights win in Alabama launches Arkansas gerrymander lawsuit back into action arktimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arktimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The attorney for plaintiffs challenging the state s congressional district lines, which were redrawn after the 2020 census, is appealing the case s dismissal by a three-judge panel to the U.S. Supreme Court, which recently ruled in favor of an Alabama plaintiff objecting to that state s congressional map in a case with similar elements to the Arkansas case.
Notice of appeal filed in dismissed Arkansas redistricting case in the wake of U.S. Supreme Court decision arkansasonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arkansasonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama s congressional map had diluted the power of Black voters, it was a long-sought victory for voting-rights activists, who had grown increasingly alarmed at the court s previous decisions that have hollowed out the Voting Rights Act.
WASHINGTON A U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday striking down Alabama s congressional district map is being eyed nationally by several states with similar lawsuits pending, including Arkansas, according to an attorney representing plaintiffs in one case.