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U.S. Supreme Court approves Alabama redistricting map

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to move forward with an altered election map, that costs taxpayers an additional $4.45 million. Justices on the high court affirmed a 2023 congressional map that alters four congressional districts in the state and favors Republicans. The state scheduled

Federal judges temporarily block Alabama redistricting map

(The Center Square) - A panel of federal district court judges temporarily blocked Alabama's plan to enact its 2023 congressional map for upcoming elections. The Alabama legislature moved to implement its 2023 congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened section two of the Voting Rights Act, a

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that

Arizona GOP considers suing to redraw congressional map

Senate president says the Legislature may go to court after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

(KNOXVILLE, TN) Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity

Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana gerrymandering case redefines Voting Rights Act, making it harder to protect minority voting power and altering the landscape of future elections

Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana gerrymandering case redefines Voting Rights Act, making it harder to protect minority voting power and altering the landscape of future elections

In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s congressional map as “an unconstitutional gerrymander” and altered the court’s interpretation of the Voting Rights Act.