"We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order declaring that its electoral plan unlawfully dilutes minority votes and requiring a plan that provides an additional opportunity district — responded with a plan that the state conc...
federal judges in birmingham who found that the map approved by the republican-led state legislature to set the boundaries of alabama's seven u.s. house districts was unlawfully biased against black voters and must be redrawn. that map was devised after the supreme cour...
A unanimous federal district court panel of three judges found it substantially likely that the map violated Section 2 and blocked Alabama from using the redistricting plan during the 2022 midterm elections. But Alabama GOP officials sought emergency relief from the Supreme Court, and the high cour...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama prison system, already understaffed and facing a federal court order to boost employment numbers, saw the number of correctional staff decline 4% during the pandemic.
The Supreme Court knocked down Alabama’s racially gerrymandered congressional map in a shocking 5-4decisionThursday, preserving a key section of the Voting Rights Act. On top of this Court’s habitual hostility towards voting rights, the decision was all the more surprising given that a majority...
Retired federal judge urges Alabamians to go to the polls: ‘I’ve seen the power of the vote’ Birmingham honored U.W. Clemon with its “Putting People First” award. Shauna Stuart Alabama’s immigrant communities face ‘reckless speculation’ of voter fraud: What are the facts?
He was arraigned in City Court and released. Ryan Christopher Cook, 46, of Federal Drive, Batavia, is charged with failure to report a change of address within 10 days as a registered sex offender and failure to verify address every 90 calendar days as a Level 3 registered sex offender. ...
social changeCivil Rights ActCongressenforcementHollow HopeAlabamaequal educational opportunityThis case study of Lee v. Macon County Board of Education demonstrates that a federal district...doi:10.1111/lasr.12105LandsbergBrian K.Law & Society Review...
During an evidentiary hearing before a federal district court, the prime sponsor of the 1981 statute, State Sen. Donald G. Holmes, openly stated that the bill was meant to return voluntary prayer to public schools in Alabama. Upon reexamining the establishment clause, however, the court found ...
State lawmakers faced a deadline to adopt new lines after the Supreme Court in June upheld a three-judge panel's finding that the current state map — with one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is 27% Black — likely violates the federal Voting Rights Act. ...