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Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

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Local News Close-Up: Birmingham Stations Make a Little Magic

WBRC sings a familiar tune in the heart of Alabama

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The US supreme court upheld race-conscious voting protections. Affirmative action could be next

The court’s decision this week served as an affirmation that race-conscious protections such as these can and should exist in US law

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Criminal who escaped with prison guard lover handed life in jail after she shot herself

Casey White, a prisoner, said that guard Vicky White who was not related to him was the first person who cared about him as he was sentenced in Alabama

Daily Mirror

Turning point or the long game: what’s behind John Roberts’s surprise supreme court voting rights ruling?

Chief justice’s opinion shocked observers of his 40-year assault on the Voting Rights Act, but it may not mean a change of heart

The Guardian - US

New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections

More changes could be coming to voting districts in some states

The Independent UK

Chief suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance to be arraigned on extortion charges

The chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway has arrived at a courthouse in Alabama to face charges that he tried to extort the missing teen's mother

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Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama and protects landmark Voting Rights Act

In a surprising ruling on June 8, 2023, the conservative leaning U.S. Supreme Court threw out Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that a lower court had ruled discriminated against Black voters and violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Conversation

Why did the right-leaning supreme court hand Democrats a victory?

Perhaps they know they need to preserve whatever is left of their legitimacy

The Guardian - US

Surprise US supreme court ruling could help Democrats take House in 2024

Ruling on Alabama congressional map gives Black voters more opportunities to elect candidates of their choice

The Guardian - US

Court ruling on Black political power in Alabama could affect maps in other states

A major Supreme Court decision in an Alabama redistricting case could provide a roadmap for other gerrymandering challenges. There are similar challenges to maps elsewhere in the South.

WEKU

Joran van der Sloot, chief suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance, extradited to US

Holloway, who lived in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, was 18 when she vanished during a trip with classmates to Aruba in 2005

The Independent UK

Four controversial doctors helping Republicans attack trans healthcare

A wave of new restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors relies on a number of doctors with ties to rightwing groups and little experience treating transgender patients

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation

This week’s Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional maps was seen by many minority lawmakers and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing gerrymandered political maps that dilute the political strength of communities of color

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U.S. Supreme Court overturns Alabama’s congressional maps in Allen v. Milligan decision

On June 8, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan adopted in November 2021 and used in the state’s 2022 elections violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second majority-Black district.

The Independent UK

Casey White sentenced to life in prison after breaking out of Alabama jail with female corrections officer

Convicted felon broke out of Lauderdale County Detention Center in April 2022 with help from guard Vicky White before going on the run for two weeks

Salon

Expert: SCOTUS wrongly awarded GOP House

Supreme Court rejecting Alabama maps that diluted Black voting power may have big implications in other states

Roll Call

Alabama ruling could help Democrats in multiple states - Roll Call

Democrats could pick up several seats as a result of a Supreme Court ruling in an Alabama case upholding part of the Voting Rights Act.

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US Supreme Court rules in favour of Alabama Black voters

Court ruled that Republican redistricting violated the Voting Rights Act’s provisions against racial discrimination.

Reason

Supreme Court Reaffirms Strong Presumption of Statutory Stare Decisis

It did so in today's Voting Rights Act ruling in Allen v. Milligan. This holding has implications for other cases where litigants attempt to overturn statutory precedents, especially longstanding ones.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rules Alabama discriminated against Black voters in major victory for voting rights

A surprise 5-4 decision on the conservative-majority panel is a rare win in defense of the Voting Rights Act

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

The Supreme Court has issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population

The Independent UK

Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot is extradited to the US

Holloway, who lived in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, was 18 when she vanished during a trip with classmates to Aruba in 2005

WEKU

Supreme Court unexpectedly upholds provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering

The Supreme Court has ruled against Alabama's defense of an electoral map drawn by the state's Republican-dominated legislature. Black voters had challenged the law as racially discriminatory.

The Guardian - US

Alabama discriminated against Black voters, US supreme court rules

John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh join liberal justices in 5-4 decision that is major victory for Voting Rights Act

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