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The supreme court is helping consolidate white political power in America

By upholding Alabama’s gerrymandered districts, the supreme court is laying the groundwork for ending voting rights and political power for Black people

The Guardian - US

Alabama revisits pairing KKK leader and Black student names

The University of Alabama is reconsidering its decision last week to retain the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan on a campus building while adding the name of the school’s first Black student

The Independent UK

State courts continue redrawing maps, as Supreme Court backs off - Roll Call

With primaries quickly approaching, state courts are more likely the ones to decide how congressional district lines should be drawn.

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Historic Coretta Scott home where she wed MLK now forgotten

A little-known but important piece of American history stands vacant on a two-lane highway in rural western Alabama

The Independent UK

GOP scrutiny of Black districts may deepen after court move

Civil rights activists worry that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling could embolden Republicans to take aim at splitting majority-Black districts and ultimately reduce Black voters’ influence on Capitol Hill

The Independent UK

ESPN ranks CFB teams with most ‘returning production’ — Where’s Georgia?

Georgia will have a lot of talent to replace this offseason

USA Today Sports Media Group

Alabama filing deadline update: 75% of state legislative districts are contested by only one of the two major parties

The filing deadline for candidates running for state offices in 2022 in Alabama was Jan. 28. State legislative elections will take place in all 35 Senate and 105 House districts. Overall, 271 candidates filed for those 140 districts: 88 Democrats, 182 Republicans, and one Libertarian. This equals 1.94 candidates per…

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NFL invites 324 to Scouting Combine: The A-to-Z of players

Who are the 324 players to receive invites to the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine?

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Top Alabama draft prospect Evan Neal on new Saints coach Doug Marrone

Top Alabama draft prospect Evan Neal spoke highly of his position coach Doug Marrone, who was just hired by the Saints:

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Court rulings and new maps – the latest on redistricting

Welcome to the Wednesday, February 9, Brew.

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Commentary: So much for nonpartisan. Republican Supreme Court justices are helping elect Republicans

It is hard to understand the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday to reinstate a congressional district map drawn by the Alabama Legislature as anything other than an effort by the conservative justices to help Republicans in the midterms.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court signals few map changes before midterms

WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court order that allowed Alabama to use its new congressional map for the 2022 election has ominous signs for federal challenges to redistricting plans in other states for the upcoming midterms and beyond.

Tribune News Service

Chief Justice John Roberts’ grip slips as Supreme Court conservatives curb voting rights

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts was once in the vanguard as the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the Voting Rights Act. But as his more conservative colleagues showed this week in restoring a Republican-drawn Alabama congressional map, Roberts is no longer in control.

Tribune News Service

'She died protecting her children': California bus shooting victim was from Seattle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Karin Dalton was a devoted mother and she was protecting her children when she was shot and killed after a gunman opened fire last week inside a Greyhound bus in Northern California.

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Supreme Court redistricting ruling could stop challenges to Georgia maps

ATLANTA — Lawsuits challenging Georgia’s redistricting could come to an abrupt halt after the U.S. Supreme Court put on hold a lower court’s ruling that had found new congressional maps in Alabama diluted representation of Black voters.

The Independent UK

High court's Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights

The Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act and reviving the need for Congress to intervene

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How Alabama congressional map got to high court

A divided Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use re-drawn congressional districts for the 2022 elections that a lower court found had improperly diluted the votes of Black residents

Salon

SCOTUS joins the GOP racist insurrection

The Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act while conservatives erase the history that necessitated its passage

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The Supreme Court's Alabama Redistricting Ruling Looks Like a Holding Pattern, Not a Power Grab

Contrary to some of the more breathless reactions, it doesn't suggest a conspiracy to help Republicans win elections by disenfranchising black voters.

The Independent UK

‘A disservice to Black Alabamians’: Outrage as Supreme Court restores Alabama maps which discriminate against Black people

Justices tee up legal battle over Voting Rights Act and protections against racial gerrymandering

Roll Call

Supreme Court signals few map changes before midterms - Roll Call

The court's decision on Alabama's congressional map may mean other states’ Voting Rights Act challenges will take longer.

Reason

Throwing Shade At The Shadow Docket In The Alabama Redistricting Cases

Merrill v. Milligan is the most important shadow docket entry since John Does 1-3 v. Mills

Los Angeles Times

In win for GOP, Supreme Court blocks new Black-majority district in Alabama

WASHINGTON — In its first decision on this decade’s congressional redistricting, the Supreme Court on Monday sided with Alabama’s Republicans and blocked the creation of a new Black-majority district in the state.

The Guardian - US

Supreme court lets Alabama use maps decried as biased against Black voters

Justices put on hold a lower court ruling that state must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections

The Independent UK

Supreme Court restores Alabama’s GOP-drawn congressional map in voting rights battle

Justices tee up legal battle over Voting Rights Act and protections against racial gerrymandering

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