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Court rules Alabama violated Voting Rights Act in drawing congressional lines
A three-judge panel permanently blocked Alabama from using a state-drawn map that they said flouted their directive to draw a ...
Court rules Alabama redistricting intentionally discriminates against Black voters
A federal court says Alabama can't use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights ...
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A Victory in Voting Rights: NAACP Legal Defense Fund wins Supreme Court case against Alabama’s redistricting violations
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has won a victory at the Supreme Court against Alabama's discriminatory redistricting practices ...
Court rules Alabama congressional map intentionally discriminated against Black voters
Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black residents when the state disobeyed court ...
Federal court strikes down Alabama’s version of congressional map
A federal court ruling in Alabama could mean another new congressional map for the state, as a panel of federal judges found ...
Alabama Political Reporter12d
Federal court strikes down Alabama map, citing racial discrimination, defiance
The court ruled Alabama's map violates the Voting Rights Act, ensuring continued use of a court-ordered map enabling two ...
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Alabama ‘purposely’ diluted Black votes with congressional plan, court finds
A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama engaged in intentional discrimination when it refused to draw a congressional ...
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Court rules Alabama redistricting intentionally discriminates against Black voters
The state has not been subject to preclearance since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 ruling in another key voting rights case out of Alabama — Shelby County v. Holder. "It is my hope that this ...