NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court judges in New Orleans closely questioned voting rights advocates and attorneys for Louisiana Republican officials Friday on whether Louisiana must follow Alabama’s court-ordered path in drawing a new mostly Black congressional district — and how quickly that could and should be done ahead of next year’s elections. Louisiana … Read more
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge’s plan to hold hearings next week to draw up congressional boundary lines giving Louisiana a second majority-Black district was blocked Thursday by a divided appeals court panel. Supporters of establishing a second such district had hoped a recent Supreme Court ruling upholding a redrawn map in Alabama would … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed, rejecting the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were struck down by a lower court. In refusing to intervene, the justices, without any noted dissent, allowed a court-appointed special … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama as federal judges oversee the drawing of new lines to provide greater representation for Black voters. The three proposals all create a second district where Black voters comprise a majority of the voting age population or … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voting-rights teams moved to dismiss their lawsuit in opposition to Ohio’s unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that prolonging the authorized wrangling over the place to attract district boundaries is not in one of the best pursuits of Ohio voters. The ACLU of Ohio, on behalf of the League of … Read more
Conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tried to query a witness throughout a listening to on so-called “left-wing organized violence” on Tuesday. However she could have gotten greater than she was anticipating with the reply. Greene started by mispronouncing the identify of the witness, Amy Spitalnick, a senior advisor on extremism at Human Rights … Read more