No Black Alabamian has ever served in the U.S. Senate. And only four Black lawmakers have been elected to represent the state ...
New York filed an amicus brief supporting Louisiana's district map while criticizing a push to change the federal Voting ...
Rep. Shomari Figures comes to Washington representing a district created by a court order to give Alabama's black voters more ...
Observing a joyous children’s holiday parade in the Louisiana parish she calls home, Clara LaFleur said that she isn’t ...
Some arguments in the Jefferson County case are similar to the Alabama case that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that the state’s congressional map was unfair to Black voters.
“Voters should be empowered to pick their representatives, not the other way around,” said James. “State legislatures have a constitutional right to redraw district maps when they are found to violate ...
Donald Trump’s popular vote ... map, adjusted to a more modest position. Here are some of the most recent redistricting disputes, outcomes, and pending developments. This year, the Supreme Court ...
Thus, the current composition of the Legislature itself should have been ruled void and all seats vacant pending a special election based on those new maps. The Utah Supreme Court should ...